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Electoral College Vs. National Popular Vote The recent 2016 presidential election, has caused the population to question the electoral college, more than it ever has before. Those who disagree with the electoral college have propelled the National Popular Vote (NPV), a movement that started in 1969. Although many disagree with the electoral college, the vast majority do not truly understand its purpose, and even less know who or what it is composed of. The lack of knowledge about the electoral…

partook in after some time became accepted and therefore became the norm. His non-conforming acts were now symbols of conformity. The same phenomena has happened with hipster culture; once it was known as the opposition of popular culture and now it is the central essence of popular culture (Weeks 2011). II. Case Selection The hipster is definitely the new non-conformist. As I read Niedzviecki, it reminded me of hipster culture. Hipsters are supposed to be against many ideals that are…

Pop culture or popular culture is the total of demeanors, thoughts, pictures, points of view, and other wonders that are inside the standard of a given culture, particularly Western culture of the ahead of schedule to mid-twentieth century and the developing worldwide standard of the late twentieth and mid 21st century. Intensely affected by broad communications, this accumulation of thoughts pervades the regular daily existences of the general public. The most well-known popular culture classes…

Upon examining the sources of popular press and academic literature that discuss this controversy, a variety of differences can be identified between the two styles. The primary distinction is the language employed by the authors of the sources. Although it is evident that popular sources are less formal than scholarly, some popular sources, particularly the magazine articles, extend this characteristic by utilizing derogatory terms. For example, in Wagner Au’s article on the advantages of Grand…

Lizzo has become very popular in the last year with lyrics like “I don’t need a crown to know that I’m a queen”. She can be described as a breath of fresh air in hip-hop culture with her body-positive message. One of her songs from Coconut Oil, “Good As Hell”, was in the soundtrack for the movie, Barbershop: The Next Cut. Lizzo is very different from other hip-hop artists for a number of reasons; she is based out of Minneapolis and the other being that she is a classically trained flutist. In…

Both convergent media and multi-modal viewing have had a profound effect o the way that popular culture is both produced and consumed. There are a number of reasons for this, but one of the most salient of these is that it changes the fundamental way that people interact with culture, as well as one another. That is, these convergent forms of media allow users to talk and interact with popular culture like never before, meaning that these new mediums, especially the internet, act as a "glue" for…

most of you probably know already, I'm Madonna, a popular singer and actress. This is the 80's, a decade with a different type of music. How many of you listen to pop music? (Wait for audience's reaction) There's been a big change in this decade in music, especially pop. Although it seems more boring than the 1960's or 70's, our music today is still a big part of our culture. Before, most artists made their own music. Folk was a very popular style of music. Artists used their musical…

also another expression of lo popular (popular culture or working class culture)” (Martín-Barbero, 1995: 17). It is necessary to introduce here the nuances and fundamental differences between lo popular Martín Barbero talks about and the English idea of popular culture. As Scolari explains, “the conception of ‘popular’ culture in Latin America is completely different from the Anglo-American one. If traditional media studies in the United States homologated ‘popular’ and ‘mass’ culture (usually…

The concept of amusement has been used as the basis of popular culture as a source of entertainment with its goal of amusing it’s audience but in recent societies has revolutionized and in a response, been critiqued with looking into the inner workings of Disneyland and overall critique of amusement with “Amusing Ourselves to Death.” Entertainment has multiple sources such as music, film, television and amusement parks are the basis for popular culture that are primarily seen through media,…

Teen Rebellion is a subject that shows up in almost every movie, book, show, etc. it is a very popular subject. One of the many things teen rebellion shows up in is “Romeo & Juliet”, “Romeo & Juliet” is one of the most popular stories of all time so of course people would take inspirations from it trying to create something just as popular. There have been many things that have gotten close to “Romeo & Juliet’s” success but none have surpassed its popularity. But one movie made it through all…