The textbook's main argument correct answers Popular culture is produced, consumed, and experienced within a context of overlapping sets of social relationships
- comaradarie or business
Five definitions of popular culture correct answers 1. Well liked 2. well known 3. mass cultural/commercial...
MAS 505 || All Questions Answered Correctly.
The textbook's main argument correct answers Popular culture is produced, consumed, and
experienced within a context of overlapping sets of social relationships
- comaradarie or business
Five definitions of popular culture correct answers 1. Well liked 2. well known 3. mass
cultural/commercial media 4. belongs to the people 5. mass media events experienced by mass
audiences
art worlds correct answers A group or network of people involved in the production of a pop
culture object
support personnel correct answers labor in relative anonymity; example: songwriters for Taylor
Swift
Division of labor correct answers networks of creative personnel are organized; complex
societies; specialized jobs like gaffers
cooperative links correct answers diverse array of contributors who depend on one another when
producing the stuff of pop culture and entertainment media; some work regualary together like a
band or for temporary like on a photoshoot
Residential/market segregation and how it impacts the popularity of some cultural items correct
answers Discrete genre categories are marketed to specific kinds of indviduals; elvis vs mama
thorton
How does physical and social infrastructure of our cities and towns determines the fate of
popular culture? correct answers development of privatized suburbs = rise in tv decline in
nightlight; interconnectedness of cities: graffiti but police stopped
interpretive communities correct answers Audiences draw on their social identities and life
experiences to make sense of media and popular culture, and those whose shared worldviews
inform their understandings of culture in systematic ways
interpretations and value are not ultimately decided by the creators correct answers by the
consumers
Meanings and interpretations are not determined randomly...(absolute) correct answers When
vast numbers of people all invest in the same vulture object with shared meaning it has the
potential to seem absolute and irrefutable rather than socially constructed
how they sometimes allow for us to "re-make" meaning of popularculture correct answers Urban
professionals are more likely to appreciate abstract art than working-class suburbanites;
Women read for leisure more than men and are more likely to join book-discussion groups;
Midwestern housewives enjoy romances = provide a much needed if temporary escape
, Blurring lines between production and consumption correct answers new media technologies;
Parodies on youtube; Spotify allows users to listen and create playlists; Dance, pop, and hip-hop
music producers regularly sample
Durkheim's contributions to the functional approach correct answers Durkheim argues that
religious symbols or images represent not merely gods, or beliefs, but the religious group
members themselves and what he refers to as their collective conscience
sacred and profane correct answers Emile Durkheim explained the sacred as symbols and objects
set apart, bound by prohibitions, sometimes forbidden, while the profane relates to mundane,
individual concerns; Systems of classification and boundary maintenance related to the
differentiation between the sacred and the profane help societies reinforce distinctions between
themselves and other groups, on the basis of insider and outsider status
collective effervescence correct answers shared feeling of identity in which the individual
members of the group experience waves of emotion, a sense of unity and togetherness; Mecca
for Islam
basic elements of religious life that social binds societies together through thick and thin. correct
answers shared symbols and images, imagined boundaries separating the sacred from the
profane, and rituals that help participants generate collective effervescence
Imagined communities correct answers Imagined communities are those in which can occur
when livestreams or different televised events are happening and have the potential to generate a
similar effervescent experience despite lack of physical proximity to one another; EXAMPLE:
black lives matter demonstrations; People who attend the events in an "imagined community"
may even get a better view/experience than those who are actually there since crowds can be
huge
Pseudo Events correct answers happenings held simply for "the immediate purpose of being
reported or reproduced" EXMAPLE: Academy Awards; The collective solidarity generated by
these live events is only bolstered when accompanied by online streams of up-to-the-minute
commentary posted by bloggers and social media users on Twitter and Facebook; Super bowl at
certiain times
Celebrity gossip correct answers They give tangible form to otherwise abstract ethical dilemmas
concerning the nature of human relations and social behavior; Chatter surrounding the lives of
famous celebrities offers ordinary people opportunities for reflection
Baby celebrity news? correct answers We as a society often have many concerns about birth-
giving and we can discuss those with the topic of celebrities without actually talking about
someone we know;
We can also discuss parenting styles, and health concerns of baby without gossiping about "real
people"; most valuable story for both the journalist and the celebrity
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