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    A Textbook Analysis

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    are not required to use one of those. Name of textbook: Deutsch: Na klar! Level 102 1. First look for the presence of the target culture in the textbook... a. Does the textbook present mostly “Culture” or mostly “culture” or a good balance of both? Give examples. As far as I noticed the textbook presents more Culture than culture. This might be justified by the fact that it is easier for students with a limited knowledge of a language to understand complex issues

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    trends we have seen in popular culture. Do we ever ask ourselves if this is something that has been prescribed to us, instead of by us? Journalism, especially from writers of a certain stature, can often dictate where the culture shifts. If we are able to look at the writing with an objective eye then we are simply learning about another facet of the experience. All to often, though, it is hard for us to be objective. This could be why we, as Americans, have popular culture at all. A journalist tells

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    I was a late bloomer when it came to knowledge of zombies. Well, late in the sense that I hadn’t noticed zombies in pop culture, not late in the sense that zombies had taken over. At least I hope the movies didn’t have real zombies acting like zombies, or else the world as we know it would be in a whole lot of trouble. The undead are everywhere in popular culture. Zombies appear in video games such as Doom, Zelda and Left 4 Dead. They are in movies like 28 Days Later, Dawn of the Dead, Shaun of

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    follow, write, and even fantasize about them daily. Particularly through the eyes of young children, who often view professional athletes as role models, and look up to them. Popular culture is a part of everyone’s lives today, and it affects sports through a plethora of positive and negative ways. Popular culture makes certain athletes look very humbling, but then sometimes it could make an athlete look like a complete fool. Many young boys who enjoy sports usually have dreams of playing professionally

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    “Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception” is a chapter in Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer’s book “Dialectic of Enlightenment” it goes onto discus the conflicts presented by the “culture industry.” Adorno states that the culture industry is a main phenomenon of late capitalism, encompassing all products from Hollywood films, to advertisements, and even extending to musical compositions. Adorno is very deliberate in noting the term “culture industry” over “mass culture” this was done

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    Unavoidable Changes “Popular culture moves through our world at warp speed” (Aufses, Scanlon, Shea 707). For example, current events that take place by day are the main topics by night. Even videos posted on the internet can become the biggest trend overnight, but disappear just as quick. Without realizing it, everyday these trends of thought affect the way we dress, live and think. Whether we like it or not, these thoughts are manipulated by popular culture. It is undeniable that “we are creatures

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    can occur rapidly in popular culture than in politics. The popular cultural process of change is rather a process of creating awareness to social issues than an immediate action. Popular culture, in its various forms, is the essential motivator of awareness of social issues leading to an increase of discernment amongst the masses and lay about the foundation for change to arise. This paper is focused on how awareness can be achieved through certain factors in culture which includes the power of social

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    My Reflective Web Media Creation (RWMC) project was nearly exactly as I envisioned it in the pitch with only a few changes. In the pitch I discussed how the lead character (Matt Murdoch) would be explain to the Jury why ‘Fair Dealing’ is not stealing and he would be the ‘Punishers’ lawyer. However, I changed it in the final video making him the plaintiff, a company lawyer saying the defendant (‘Punisher’) stole their content and he is not protected by ‘Fair Dealing’. I changed it to this as I believed

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    Traditionally, the term popular culture has denoted the ‘culturedness’ of the lower classes as opposed to the fine arts or high culture, consumed by the wealthy. • The distinction between ‘culturedness’ of the classes is a socially constructed distinction and is susceptible to change over time; based on the modern ability of all classes to enjoy any popular culture format they choose. The literature and the individual child • Within most regions of the world, media and popular culture are an inevitable part

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    The Rise Of Mass Culture

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    Mass culture can be defined as the collective culture created by exposure to the same news sources, music, literature, art and consumer advertising. The rise of mass culture is a relatively new phenomenon that has occurred largely because of the rise of a leisure class fueled by technological innovations, the surplus in production brought about by the industrial revolution and the time the average consumer had to dedicate to non-work pursuits brought about by the delineated work schedule favored

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