In the Rising of Popular Culture
one of the first big ideas is that the Television is a menace to the high
culture of the time, 1940’s to 1950’s. Especially sense at that point there was
a Television in almost every home exposing the world of entertainment to the public.
TV very much was a threat to the high class ideas of the time but was a needed threat
to bring the masses closer to the upper classes level.
Other important ideas
came as time passed in the form of books explaining that popular shows on the
TV and radio, popular music, and magazines was exactly what culture was.
Culture that was familiar and entertaining, many disagreed and argued about
these theories being that the popular media reflected that of the public not
the elite. While popular culture will never be fully accepted by all it doesn’t
have to be. Over the last two weeks my concept for pop culture has not changed
at all, just reinforced sense Popular is any medium that is popular among the
mass of people.
do you think that all culture can be defined as pop culture? Does the elite see their culture as "high brow" or just what is popular among their peers?
ReplyDeleteI feel I've a greater appreciation for popular culture. I never used to think of it as helping the masses come closer to high culture before. This is certainly true, but popular culture still isn't as creative as it sometimes needs to be.
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