The document discusses the definitions and perceptions of popular culture. It explores how popular culture allows people to escape, fantasize and live vicariously. Popular culture is defined as being "well-liked by the people", though some argue it is simply well-known. The document examines how perceptions of media and television shows like Big Brother have changed over time, and why some shows lose popularity. It also discusses the standardization of popular foods and culture through "McDonaldization", referring to the efficiency, calculability, predictability and control of the production process. A variety of subcultures are mentioned like punks, though the document notes that defining popular culture fully is difficult and perceptions will always change over time.
1. What is Popular Culture?
By Ebony Simpson
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2. Popular culture is ‘well-liked by the people’
Williams says
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3. But isn’t popular culture just well-known by
the people?
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4. (Luhmann, 2000:1) says ‘whatever we know about
our society… we know through mass media’
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5. Popular culture helps us to..
• Escape
• Fantasise
• Live voyeuristic lives
• Find a safe place
• Vs Mass Culture which shows us what we may or not want to know
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6. What I want to discuss is ….
• How do perceptions and representations of media texts change?
• Why do they change?
• Why is this important?
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9. The Big Brother eye!
• Revolutionary and innovative
• News ideas of reality television
• Based on European fiction
• Had a euro-centric branding
• Helped to pave the way
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10. Why is Big Brother not as popular as before?
• Why do television series’ end?
• Why do they lose viewers?
• The differences between channel four and channel five
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12. How can it be the same everytime?
• What is Mcdonalisation?
• Why is my cheeseburger so perfectly round?
• Is it the same everytime?
• It tastes almost EXACTLY the same
• What’s the recipe
• The recipe is the four steps of this industrialisation
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19. PUNKS!
• Sex, drugs rock n roll
• Antidisestablishment
• More drugs
• More studs on clothing
• Spitting on crowds
• Starting a band and listening to more punk
• …………………COUNTRYLIFE BUTTER?
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21. SO…
What is popular culture?
• This question will never be fully answered
• This wasn’t a cop out
• This isn’t a childhood talent competition where you all won
• Please, don’t hurt me
• Don’t, please
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