popular culture and the media
TRANSCRIPT
Popular Culture
&
Literature
Session 3
• Bluetooth
• Blogging
• Reality shows
• YouTube (viral videos)
• Podcasting
• Search Engines
• E-books
• Digital library
• Smartphones
• Digital Imaging /Photography
• Tumblr
• Digital Animation in 2D/ 3D
• Digital Music
• Wi-Fi
• Printing technology
• Cable/ Satellite technology
• Gaming Technology
• Online Press
• 4D Cinema
• Blu ray
• Home Cinema
• Photoshop
• 3D Printing
• P2P
MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY
MEMES
MEMES
MEDIA &
TECHNOLOGY
Advertising/
MarketingEase of use
Visibility
Freedom of
expression
Curiosity
Accessibility Affordability
From Nobodies to Celebrities
Tumblr
POP CULTURE & TELEVISION
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POP CULTURE THEORIES
• Gender Theories
• Marxism & Hegemony
• Cultural Liberalism
• Liberal Pluralism
• Mass Society
• Cultural Industry
• Globalization of Culture
• Interactionism
Popular
Culture
Achieved
popularity
with numbers
Mass
commercial
culture
Culture of
the people
Postmodern
Culture
Hegemonic
struggle ???
Not difficult
or scarce
How ARTISTS Think
I don’t give a d*** about how others
feel about my work! It’s my creativity…
Who’s the artist, man? Am
just out to make some $$$
POP CULTURE THEORIES
• Gender Theories
• Marxism & Hegemony
• Cultural Liberalism
• Liberal Pluralism
• Mass Society
• Cultural Industry
• Globalization of Culture
• Interactionism
Popular
Culture
&
Gender
Gender
Stereotyping
Exploitation of
the Female BodySexual
Debauchery
Homophobia
Body Image
Perpetuating
Patriarchy
Gender Stereotypes in Pop Culture
AdvertsFilms InternetMusicLiteratureTV Toys &
Animation
Celebrities
Gender Stereotypes in Films
If you’re single you’re doomed!
Marriage is the ultimate happiness
The Alpha male The weaker sex!
Deconstructing Gender
Stereotypes through Films
Gender Stereotypes in Advertising
Homecare products and the housewife
stereotype
Female body exploitation
(male products)
Stereotyping beauty
(beauty products)
Stereotyping masculinity
(substance abuse)
Ads against Gender Stereotypes
Plus size models
Gender Stereotypes
in Toys & Animation
Gender Stereotypes in Music
Song Lyrics Music Videos
Pop Culture, Cultural Marxism
& Cultural Hegemony
• Cultural Marxism texts must be analysed in relation to their historical
conditions of production, consumption and reception.
• The DOMINANT CULTURE theory (bourgeoisie v/s proletariat).
- Cultural Hegemony: Antonio Gramsci (1891 - 1937); domination of a culturally diverse
society by the economic ruling class.
- Althusserianism: Louis Pierre Althusser (1918 - 1990); ideology as a material practice.
Marxism + Empiricism knowledge is a product of sensory experience.
- Leavisism: Frank Raymond Leavis (1895 - 1978); socio-political power of cultural products.
Hegemony - Pop: Culture of a Dominant Class?
Hegemony - Pop: American Culture?
Althusserianism
Leavisism