Popular Culture Essays

The cover of the November, 1975 comic book "Beowulf: Dragon Slayer" features a red-haired, horn-helmeted Beowulf swinging a large broadsword at a purple-caped villain also bearing two razor-sharp swords. As Beowulf rears up on his steed, a bikini clad woman, cloth slightly aside to reveal the shadow of a buttock is drawn falling, face filled with terror. In the background, a rising full moon and silhouetted gothic castle keenly set an atmosphere of dread and foreboding. Above the emboldened title

Reflections of Pop Culture on Society Popular culture, commonly referred to as "pop culture", is constantly changing and heavily influencing people worldwide; one can hardly tell the history of the human race without some mention of pop culture. Pop culture molds and defines the beliefs and values, as well as, influences the actions of society. Social media, as well as the natural ache we all carry to fit in, pushes people to embrace and succumb to pop culture. Pop culture greatly influences

Why Themes in Popular Culture are Important to Study The study of popular culture is useful in many ways. To be more specific, this course has reached its three intended main ideas: what it means to be American, how to be more consumption-conscious, and how to apply these studies in our own lives. Jim Cullen puts this in a less specific sense, arguing that the study of popular culture can “afford valuable clues – about collective fears, hopes, and debates” (Cullen, The Art of Democracy, 2). We use

The study of popular culture is useful in many ways. To specify, this course has reached its three intended main ideas: what it means to be an American, how to be consumption-conscious, and how to apply these studies in our own lives. Jim Cullen puts this in a less specific sense, arguing that the study of popular culture can “afford valuable clues – about collective fears, hopes, and debates” (Cullen, The Art of Democracy, 2). We study these clues to understand the world around us, as well as why

American Popular Culture - music, movie, painting, and clothing - is seemingly a superficial topic, but is actually the reflection of the social values and even political inclination that prevailed in the society of that era. From the pious and strict Puritan colonial culture in 1600’s to the hippies and Rock n’ Roll in 1970s, American culture did go through massive changes along with the transformations in racial and gender equality, social ideals, politics, and America’s role in the world. In

Popular culture is a term that holds various meanings depending on where it 's being defined and the context of its use. It is usually recognized as the language or people’s culture that prevails in a society at a point in time. As social researcher Brummett explains in his book “Rhetorical Dimensions of Popular Culture”, pop culture reflects the characteristics of social life, where the publicly are most actively involved. Popular culture is known as the ‘culture of the people’. This culture is

families is a kind of pop culture. Popular culture or pop culture is a kind of phenomena that becomes mainstreams in a certain culture, in this case the culture of Balinese people. Balinese people take a new form of the way they deliver their Hari raya greeting, that is through banner and it somehow become popular and mainstreams. So what the importance of studying or doing research about pop culture is to find out the underplaying assumption, the power behind the pop culture and the moral, attitude

surrounded by pop culture, it is unescapable. what we view as popular culture effects the values we place on those things and we believe we can make judgments based on what types of pop culture certain people love and identify with. Because pop culture holds so much power over our frames of reference, view of the world, and view of people it is extremely important that we understand just what pop culture is and the power it holds over us. Once we understand the power pop culture has we can begin to

Popular Culture’s Influence: How Lucille Ball Inspired Me Everyone develops into a different person, but there’s no doubt that we take inspiration from others. Being exposed to horror movies at a young age by one’s parents can make a child fearful, or give them an appreciation for movies and what makes them scary. Likewise, being introduced to comedy at a young age can mold a child’s taste in humor or appreciation for the genre. Popular culture has helped influenced many of us, and it has made us

Globalization of Korean Popular Culture in Asia 1. Introduction Since 1990s, Korean Popular Culture has had a strong influence in Asian countries, including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and Singapore. This new popular cultural phenomenon in Asia is called the “Korean Wave”, also known as hallyu in Korean pronunciation, which refers to the surge of popularity of Korean popular culture abroad, particularly in Asia(Kin 284). The “Korean Wave” is first coined in mid-1999 by journalists in Beijing