Pop Culture And Popular Culture: Art And Culture

1) I agree that pop culture is always changing and that the young generation are the ones who are mainly in control of it. The reason I believe this is because there are new videos and memes that become popular that younger people are always coming up with. Something that I had a question about was the concept that pop culture was a part of capitalism because that didn’t make much sense to me seeing as though pop culture is just what’s popular at the time and not controlled by higher status people.

2) Pop culture came from pop art (Danesi 4) and transformed the idea that the art reflected everyday roles and more playful than other artists, eventually it came down to it being a meaning for people as a whole. It evolved over time during the 1940s and 1950s that reflected everyday things in art, like Campbell’s soup (Danesi 5).

3) High Culture is when art and culture has a lasting effect and deeper meaning, some examples of this would be Presidential elections and news on CNN about the world. Mid culture is something that has some lasting impact on culture over the years, like comics and video games. Then low culture either has little to no value or is forgotten easily in pop culture, like popular memes and viral videos.

4) Emotional appeal deals a lot with how a generation perceives what was

They show women to know their worth. Beyoncé portrays herself and other women in her music videos how they are in complete control of their sexuality and power. She exudes a confidence that allows people to look at her and know that she knows what she is doing, which is why so many people love her. Her most recent album “Lemonade” showed just how much power she has over the social media because people were talking about it for weeks. In some of her music videos Beyoncé wore sexy clothing and was still in power getting her message across in her music