Popular culture is a part of culture that stimulates and excites people, it gives some kind of emotional sensation when using or watching something related to pop culture. Pop culture will usually provide some kind of immediate satisfaction, a rush, when interacting with items that are part of popular culture. People also want to be part of pop culture, they want to be knowledgeable about what is considered 'in.' Society also wants to have and own what is pop culture.
Popular culture is usually manufactured, distributed, and consumed by people. Economics' does not have a huge affect this type of culture, items are manufactured therefore less expensive. Items that are part of pop culture are readily available. An example of this would be the movie "Toy Story." This movie will be easier to find in the theater than a small, independent movie. Pop culture's exposure is important and necessary. If it is not something that is seen and heard at a regular rate, it is not going to be part of popular culture.
Pop culture has relevance in the business environment for several reasons. First, pop culture keeps people up to date on changes and preferences in society, likes and dislikes when it comes to areas in the workplace and can create a common bond between people. Pop culture can give you new ways of communicating; an example would be use of the internet, creating helpful or exciting web sites. Also the use of new technologies such as the use of iPads and cell phones, portable ways of keeping in touch or working while away from the office.
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An artifact of popular culture, which is an aspect of the internet, is social networking. It qualifies as a piece of pop culture because it is readily available to most everyone and you do not need to be highly educated to use or enjoy it. The exposure of social networking is huge; Facebook, MySpace and twitter are the more well known networks. The exposure of social networking is large because most people have a computer or can use one in their house, school or work. In addition to computers, now people can just use their phones to access theses sites. Lastly, what makes social networking part of pop culture is that it gives the people that use it the excitement or happiness that they look for. Pop culture products are all about this, things that give us some kind of physical sensation or satisfaction.
I like your definition and explanation of pop culture. I agree completely that the technologies used in social networking are definitly popular right now. It is hard to imagine that all these devices we currently use today will probably be obsolete and considered an antique and useless here in about ten years.
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree that social networking is huge and is ever increasing in size. I believe that there are not very many people who communicate this way. Social networking will be around for years and years to come.
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