Wednesday, 20 March 2013

What is Pop Culture?

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Popular culture is the entirety of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, memes, images, and other phenomena that are within the mainstream of a given culture, especially Western culture of the early to mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the late 20th and early 21st century. Heavily influenced by mass media, this collection of ideas permeates the everyday lives of the society.

History and definition

The term "popular culture" was coined in the 19th century or earlier. Traditionally, the term has denoted the education and general "culturedness" of the lower classes. as opposed to the "official culture" and higher or the education emanated by the dominant classes

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