2. YES

3. No

4. Yes

5. No

6. Yes

7. No

8. Yes

9. No

10. Yes

11. No

12. What’s the difference
between the Yes and
No examples?

13. Popular Culture
• includes fashion fads, blockbuster movies,
video games, TV shows, and viral videos
• Also includes the way we include pop
culture products and experiences in our
daily lives.

14. Pop Culture
• Tries to appeal to as large an audience as
possible
• Tends to preserve “status quo” rather than
challenge it
• Views on social trends, roles of women,
minority groups etc are influenced by the
dominant social, political, and economic
system

15. Pop Culture
• Analysis of pop culture reveal beliefs,
myths, fears, desires, hopes of dominant
North American culture

16. Pop Culture
• TV shoes have become a kind of testing
ground for exploring controversial topics:
• eg/ 1997 Ellen first openly gay lead on a
TV series. Then in 1998 came Will and
Grace

17. Pop Culture
• By looking at patterns, values, and
ideologies in pop culture we can take the
pulse of society
• eg/ Have a look at this clip from the 1960s
TV show “All in the Family”

18. Pop Culture

19. Next
• Is Canadian pop culture different than
American pop culture? If so how?
• Find an example of a pop song from the
50s or 60s and compare it to a pop song
today. How are they different and what can
you learn about the cultures that produced
them?