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POL 375 / SOC 400
Fall 2018
 Popular culture is well-liked by many people.
 Who is doing the liking?
 Distinction between “High” and “Low” Culture
 Popular culture is what is left over after high
culture.
 Popular culture can be defined as mass culture.
 Commercial, Mass Consumption, Passive Consumption
 Popular culture originates from “the people”
 Wh0 are “the people?”
 People do not spontaneously make culture
 Popular culture is viewed as a struggle
between dominant and subservient classes
 Popular culture in its modern form blurs
distinction between high and pop culture

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Introduction Popular Culture

  • 1. POL 375 / SOC 400 Fall 2018
  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4.
  • 5.
  • 6.
  • 7.  Popular culture is well-liked by many people.  Who is doing the liking?  Distinction between “High” and “Low” Culture  Popular culture is what is left over after high culture.  Popular culture can be defined as mass culture.  Commercial, Mass Consumption, Passive Consumption  Popular culture originates from “the people”  Wh0 are “the people?”  People do not spontaneously make culture
  • 8.  Popular culture is viewed as a struggle between dominant and subservient classes  Popular culture in its modern form blurs distinction between high and pop culture