Sublimation Popular Culture

Hollywood is a very powerful modern day institution, where a star's image can characterize, shape and circulate societal myths and ideologies. The construction of a star's image as a commodity of their societal myths and ideologies has the extraordinary power to exert messages so that even the smallest details become significant yet not overtly obvious. How a star's image is produced and then consumed can justify a society's relationship with that image and therefore aid in explaining the social construction of what society deems as their 'reality'. A star's image is created through a range of representations churned out by Hollywood. Capitalism from the commercialization of these images has made Hollywood the dominant force it is

Today, Film and Television are among the most internationally supported commodities. Financially, their contributions are enormous: both industries are responsible for the circulation of billions of dollars each year. Since their respective explosions into the new media markets during the mid-twentieth century, film and television have produced consistently growing numbers of viewers and critics alike. Sparking debate over the nature of their viewing, film and television are now being questioned in social, political, and moral arenas for their potential impact on an audience. Critics claim that watching films or television is a passive activity in which the viewer becomes subconsciously

Popular culture is consumed through interaction in the social media that includes television programs, movie theaters and virtual social networks. From the media, interests lie in the political developments and discussion concerning governance. These media satisfy appetite for political information while guiding an understanding on the national issues and choices made.

In the first chapter of The Rhetorical Power of Pop Culture by Deanna Sellnow, the author defines popular culture and explains the importance of studying the subject. Sellnow begins with a short explanation of ethics to convey that the influence popular culture has is not always used ethically. Secondly, Sellnow compares the different contexts of culture, elitist and diversity, to explain what popular culture is not. Popular culture is compiled of everyday things that influence people through subtle messages such as what is appropriate and inappropriate, good and bad, and so on.

Our second essay is a response to the readings from the Chapter “Is Pop Culture Actually Good For You?” and should include specific references to the text when appropriate. You may also develop the essays with examples from your own lives or other courses you may have taken that covered similar themes. In other words, personal experience is o.k. to use as evidence in your essay, but keep in mind that this essay is primarily a response to a text. You must use at least one of the texts as the “they say” to your “I say.”

Humans are curious creatures, we try to find the meaning in everything. Whether it is through our relationships, school, or life in general, we are always exploring to find the answer. In Robert Scholes’ article, On Reading a Video Text, illustrates how pop culture seems to demolish the meaning that people find in simple things like commercials and videos.

Ashby mentions that military movies were again popular and reality shows gained huge audiences, which made experts conclude that 9/11 did not influence the general development of US popular culture at all, but that it even shows how culture is able to dissolve such tragic events. On the other hand, Ashby examines that a kind of censorship developed for critics on George W. Bush’s politics and that fundamentalists gained more influence on the media, which was also used to promote religion, for example through the rapture/left behind series. In this way, the author refers to September 11th characteristic to create an apocalyptic thinking in popular culture. Ashby concludes that pop culture reflects and influences societies and that America, even with cultural divisions like the culture wars, stood together and rejected criticism to continue in a nearly ideal world of amusement. I really liked the epilogue, because it made me think about modern societies and their methods to deal with catastrophes. I was sure, media’s reactions on 9/11 were patriotic and a feeling of togetherness was necessary to comfort the

One example why today’s youth is being hooked on media is the TV channel, Adult Swim, which is the nightly block for the channel that most kids watch during the day, Cartoon Network. I can say, from personal experience, that Adult Swim is the first broadcaster to truly embrace the digital platform of the internet. When we look back on some of our most cherished forms of media content from our childhood, we don't just think about the music or the laughs or the rest of the emotions that they evoked. We cherish these films, TV shows, and bands because of their ability to capture the spirit of our youth. Not everyone looks back on The Beatles and wonders what the 60’s were like or you don’t look over The Breakfast Club without constantly thinking

The 1950's known for its greaser styles, doo-wop music, and breakthrough rebilous movies, the 50's have remained memorable decades after its passing. Its styles and morals have continued to be an inspiration and find admiration even in today's life. The 2000's technicolor, technological, techno-you-name-it. The 2000s completely re-mastered modern living. iPhones, E-mails, 360 cameras, and the spectacular special effects in movies; with such drastic differences, how could the 1950s and the 2000s be even remotely the same?

Life wouldn’t be the same without the media. Many of the memories we possess involve some sort of interaction with the media. The songs we love and the movies we watch transport us to treasured moments we could easily relive 1,000 times. Sports fanatics create their identities around their favorite teams, losing the experience of watching or hearing them, is losing a part of themselves. Grace Spear author of Everything Talks to Me reminds us that “For every force, there is a counter force. For every negative, there is a positive. For every action, there is a reaction. For every cause, there is an effect.” For every movie and television show that distracts us from our obligations, there is a movie and television show that unawarely shapes our

According to Mannheim, social control is method where society ventures to influence people's behavior to preserve social order. For society to progress there must be control over the people to prevent deviation or cause a threat to society (Sociologyguide.com, 2015). Different types of music create different emotions in people. Dark gothic songs pull out the emotion of anger, frustration and violence, whilst politically fueled music make people become active for a cause. In this paper, I will discuss how pop music is being used as a tool of social control.

Introduction The Culture of Film is uniquely powerful and greatly influences society. Cinema provides access to locations, individual life situations and the understanding of national and international culture. The generalization of realism with politics, religious elements, and expressionism all come together for a melodramatic narrative. Characters provide the audience with an inside view of the narrative through location, tone and humor. Together these elements make cinema a societal changing entity full of promise for all generations.

How does pop music affects people in emotional ways and also how has it become a big part of our society? Pop music currently impacts the changes in society to achieve positivity from psychological, physical, and cognitive problems in people. Music has stronger ties to emotions, we rely on music to wake us up, calm us down, entertain us, and motivate us. It can communicate people in powerful force into their emotions, moods, and personalities from every individuals’ in the society. It is a fundamental function of music and potential to produce pleasure in the listener. Music is expressing a way of facilitating caretaker mobility, and how music can work the means of tempering anxiety and mortality to people.

What pops into your mind first when you think of popular culture in today’s day and age? The latest dirt on celebrities or the latest iPhone release? The latest controversial issue or the latest iTunes hit? Regardless, pop culture encompasses all four of these concepts and many more, which consume the world we live in each and every day. Think about education. At first thought, your mind may not make the connection between the newest Taylor Swift song and the highest ACT score, but the linkage between the two becomes undeniable when you dive deeper. Ponder this: each day millions of kids walk into school buildings across the United States, each of them glued to a little slice of pop culture, a.k.a. their phone. And each day these millions

Many people strive to retain folk culture due to the widespread diffusion of popular culture that may cause it to go extinct. Heterogeneity and tradition both impact a progressively uniform environment in different ways. Folk culture needs to be retained due to it’s diversity. A numerous amount of methods can be assembled in order to avoid conformity to our world.