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Trends Paper: Popular Culture

Trends Paper: Popular culture

Introduction

Popular heritage, as an vital part of people's life, is evolving an progressively worried topic. However, the position is rather different long time ago. For a long time span of time, well liked heritage was regarded as somewhat reduced one, which was for the poor to relish themselves. Since well liked heritage grew rapidly particularly in the 1900s, more and more persons began to accept and disperse it. Popular heritage encompasses nearly every facet in communal life and has a close relationship with mass media. Meanwhile, it is inspired by profit-seeking business, generally admired by juvenile persons, and ever-changing. According to Christopher (1999), 1950s is a altering era in every dimensions of UK society, particularly for culture. This essay will give the definition of popular culture by examining each of key factors above and explain the reason why it plays a key role in the UK by exploring historical and realistic reasons.

Discussion

Popular culture could be defined as sets of values, beliefs, trends or modes of symbolic expression readily available to and acknowledged by 'the masses' (McCluskey, 2006). Popular culture is opposite from high culture which is widely accepted by high class and usually considered of great value and does not attempt to appeal the crowd's attention. On the contrary, popular culture is wildly liked and propagated by the public, with the aim of attracting public's attention and making profits. As Williams (1976) expounded, 'popular means being seen from the point of view of the people rather than from those seeking favour or power over them'. In addition, popular culture is different from folk culture which is more ethnic and traditional while popular culture usually has nothing to do with 'outmoded' and it only deals with what is 'in fashion'.

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