The Role Of Political Consensus In Pop Culture

Nowadays it is impossible to imagine the USA without American popular culture. The American popular culture is inside and around us, people feel it every day and they even do not think of it, when they eat fast food in McDonald’s restaurant or watch a popular TV show with Oprah Winfrey, or purchase their favorite Levis trousers. American popular culture is a topic of interest for every generation because it seems to influence almost each aspect of the social life, making people united.

Today popular culture has a substantial effect on our lives. It can affect what we wear, what music we listen to, or even how we behave. Many people decide what clothes to buy depending on what is in style or what celebrities are wearing. The same happens when people choose what movies to see or what music to download. While pop culture may seem harmless, it exposes people of all ages to sex, drugs, and violence. Children and teenagers all over the world are watching these shows or listening to these types of music. They take what they hear or see and develop bad habits or make poor decisions. Popular culture including movies, music, and franchises mostly has a negative effect on countries who import it.

World War II was a very important event in American history, but as bad as war is or seems to be there always seems to have better outcomes in the end. By the Japanese bombing Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and bringing America into the war it opened the eyes of all Americans to the problems not only domestically but internationally and the biggest problem that was discovered after the completion of World War II was the level of social equality around the world. It had been a problem that had plagued the world for many years but the atrocities that brought about by the war coupled with the ever growing eye of the media caused for greater concern in the light of social equality in the world.

World War II was a period of great economic diversity for the United States Of America. The war pulled America out of the Great Depression and turned it into a superpower that prospered in economic and political power after 1945. The American industry was radically revived and oriented into producing materials for the war effort. This led to a surge in organized labor for workers and bringing together of America.

Music is delightful sounds that lead us to experience good feelings, which make others think more about the meaning of the lyrics. During the war, many soldiers went to fight for their country and families. They want to feel proud of themselves and make their country proud. Some of them lost their lives trying to save others, and others went back home with mental problems that they faced after the war and hard time they had. The wars that happened over time were very hard for the citizens, such as families who lost someone from their family, soldiers who lost their lives, and countries that lost many things such as lands and some sources. During

It wasn’t just a war that affected people but it showed how it affected their life. World War II influenced Mason’s writing of the novel The Girl In The Blue Beret. It was based on the story of how Mason’s father- in - law and co-pilot was shot down by a German pilot during World War II (Mason). During that time, the United States, Britain, France, and more were fighting against Germany, and others. German pilots were shooting down U.S pilots, and many of them didn’t make it out alive or got killed trying to escape.

During the 1960’s, music began to change. From President Kennedy’s assassination, to the Vietnam War, and then the Civil Rights movement, these events all had an effect on the mood of American’s and music was used to reflect this change. The Vietnam War began almost unnoticed by Americans but became a dominating fact of American politics by the mid 1960’s and the American views of the war were very diverse(Johnson, 2012, pg. 273). Protest music was used to address the Vietnam War, from the lack of progress being made to the amount of troops being sent to Vietnam. This created the Anti-War movement and protest music became the soundtrack. In a survey performed by Rolling Stone, seventy percent of five star albums produced were released between the Gulf of Tonkin incident and and the American withdrawal in 1973 (Anderson, 1986).

World War II had a really big conflict on values and ideas because most countries in Europe were involved and some thought that they were being cheated on each other, countries like japan wanted to use more resources to help their people and to help their factories run properly. The ideas were also a major conflict in World War II as the ideas such as the treaty of Versailles did not go well with Germany as they had to pay a big price as they lost in the World War I and they had to compensate France and Great Britain. And countries which did win the war talked about issues like territory invasions, war issues and so on. This did not go well with Germany. Some nations did not allow other nations to enter their territories as they had promised

World War II was an armed conflict that swept the globe from 1939 to 1945, being considered the greatest and murderous ceaseless war in history. For the first time in history a series of new innovations such as the atomic bomb by the US were used widely against militaries and civilians alike. Underlying the stated above it is estimated that not only did this war cost significant amounts of money and resources, as it also caused the deaths of approximately 69 million people.

World War II (WW2 or WWII), also referred to as the Second World War, was a global war that took place between 1939 and 1945 (Bell, 1997). The war involved the world nations’ vast majority, including the entire great powers that ultimately formed two opposing military alliances, namely the Axis and the Allies (Hinde & Rotblat, 2002). According to Bell (1997), the Second World War was the most extensive in history and over one-hundred million people from over thirty world countries had direct involvement in it. World War Two was a state of total war, and the primary participants threw their full scientific, industrial, and economic capabilities behind the war effort (Murphy & Bailey, 1997). Manifested by civilians mass deaths, including the

In regard to World War II, the U.S. government’s involvement extended beyond just the battlefields overseas. In need of boosting public morale, officials looked to the nation’s entertainment industry, and as a result, ultimately found themselves in the realm of animation. Having a history of charm and popularity all on their own, cartoons were now being developed with a new agenda in mind, their broad appeal holding a unique potential for wartime propaganda. Familiar characters such as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck of Warner Bros. were now at the center of the public’s attention, and not just for their silly antics, but for building the support needed by those in the home front as well. Detailing how to buy war bonds or pay taxes under the guise of animated entertainment, these shorts and the effect they had on their respective industry can be further analyzed through

First, the successful enterprise of ABC with the Walt Disney Company showcased the strength in telefilm style of production to create a quality programming at a fast paced to meet the needs of young viewer market that resulted from the emergence of a post war culture. In Christopher Anderson’s Hollywood TV, the arrival of television introduced a new medium to the American public that overreached into the market of the film industry as it produced another form of entertainment. Anderson argued that television became a large part of postwar culture in America as, “The shift to television production in Hollywood – particularly by those producers within the heaviest investment in the Old Hollywood – marked television’s as an America’s principle postwar culture industry while is also signaled a growing trend toward integration of the media industry.” (Edgerton, p. 179). Social

An after effect of World War II's propagation can be seen in the tremendous press coverage of the Vietnam War. Feelings of mistrust and betrayal toward the US government could very well have been why Vietnam had so much coverage. American citizens wanted the truth, feeling that they had been lied to for so many years. The truth was what was received thanks to Television (Alter 38). Nicknamed the "Living Room War", images of death and destruction could be seen first hand. Uncensored images filled the TV screens as millions of Americans watched their country battle communism in a foreign land. For the first time, many people could see the truth about war. Their ideas of war being no longer being shaped by the government,

American popular culture has never been more dominant internationally than in the middle of the 90s – nor more controversial. Serious money is involved as pop culture is America's second-biggest export after aircraft (Rockwell 1994). There is a common perception that in the process of globalization American products dominate everywhere on the world's markets. The fact that you can quench your thirst with Coca-Cola in about 185 countries is but one example of U.S. economic ambition (Stephens 1993, online). Likewise, European anti-globalization activists have long criticized Hollywood and its big-budget studios for monopolizing the world movie in-dustry and, consequently, flooding other cultures with American iconolatry. The popu-larity of a movie like Jurassic Park (1993), for instance, was identified as threatening to the national identity of other cultures. It has also been lamented that due to the widespread distribution of "industrialized" music and the loss of music that is charac-teristic of a certain culture, civilizations are increasingly losing a sense of national identity and pride (cited in Lanza 2001, online).

World War II waged by the fascist state, it caused an unprecedented catastrophe to human society and world civilization. However, we should also see to the final victory of the anti-fascist forces disrupted the old world order, shock the decadent and backward forces. Have a deep influence on world history and human history of military. World War II was the turning point of human society from war to peace, from chaos to development in the history.