Self representation is exceedingly important in pop culture because it’s how an audience relates to the viewpoint expressed. Viewers can use the relation to bolster the argument the medium is making and support the intended claim from its creator. Historically, there are a multitude of examples of the significance of such representation.
Pop culture, in and of itself, contains a plethora of mediums to find representation of self through. When looking at such pop culture mediums as art, movies, music, and even the more recent use of memes and slang, that mainstream media is able to influence an individual's attitudes towards certain topics by the idea of such representation. “‘Representation,’... is typically thought of as this idea that when
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By relating to a person’s identity, thoroughly representing them, artists of many different medias are then able to change the viewpoint of their audience to share their own beliefs or at least see their side of the argument. Pop culture can be helpful him bringing people together, “The first and most rudimentary effect of pop culture is how it builds and strengthens interactions with people... Events to celebrate pop culture… help foster bonds among …show more content…
The Nazis in particular created a plethora of propaganda to spread, showing strength to the outside world and controlling their narrative of the war. Adolf Hitler himself describes his view on propaganda’s use in Mein Kampf (1926), his book and one of the most widely recognized Nazi pieces, “Propaganda a works on the general public from the standpoint of an idea and makes them ripe for the victory of this idea." Hitler used propaganda with great intelligence and was one of the absolute masters of the art of rhetoric. By promoting the people he represented, the greater amount of Germany and some surrounding areas, he was able to make them feel included. Once he gained a large following of these “included individuals”, he could then shape their thoughts and opinions into believing in his cause. Hitler limited the views of his people by restricting the media they had access to. Only promoting specific approved films, newspapers, books, etc., “[The Nazis] banned the work of some writers, musicians, and artists whose work they considered to be ‘degenerate.’” (Susan Willoughby, 2008), Hitler changed the way people viewed the world so they could only see the positives of supporting him and the negatives of the opposition. The Olympics served as the ultimate propaganda machine for Hitler to prove how much better the Nazi regime was than any other nation. Slight
Omi claims that media and popular culture are two of the main culprits for the dissemination of a segregation ideology through music, movies and TV shows (Omi 114). According to Omi, media has the “ability to reflect the dominant racial ideology” and to “shape that ideology in first place” (Omi 115). These two sentences imply that Omi is not just blaming on media, but also on white people, who dominate communications and provide a better image of themselves in order to maintain the status of dominant culture. Moreover, Omi uses the concept of “representation” to claim that even the popular culture, which was supposed to be created by the people, brings segregating ideology on itself and do not contribute to the celebration of cultural diversity (Omi 120). Omi explains this belief of “representation” as a tool of segregation when stating that jokes and songs “reinforce stereotypes and rationalize the existing relations of social inequality” (Omi 121). Media and popular culture are outsiders, meaning that are not racist themselves, but according to Omi they are the main incentive to
While there are many controversies of studying pop culture, in some cases, however, it can be very beneficial to learn from it. For instance, pop culture are in people’s daily lives, and it can have an effect on some people; pop culture “builds and strengthens interactions with people who are also into the same kind of things”(Ratha). Pop culture is a way for people to become connected with one another, and be able to make some sort of relationship with another person. By being able to make some sort relationship on the bases of pop culture,
Introductory Paragraph: Propaganda is a tool of influence that Adolph Hitler used to abuse the German population by brainwashing them and completely deteriorating an entire race. How does one person get the beliefs of an entire country? Hitler put Joseph Goebbels in charge of the propaganda movement. Goebbels controlled every element of propaganda, there were many varieties of Nazi Propaganda. Propaganda was also being used as a tool to gain the support of the German population for the war, and supporting their government. The Jew’s were the targeted race and were completely pulverized by the Nazi’s. Hitler not only tried to destroy an entire race, he gained complete control of an entire country.
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Likewise, in Germany, Adolf Hitler began preparations for the Olympics using it as a stage for propaganda and glorified Nazi sophistication. By showing strength and resolve in the Olympics, Hitler believed it
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The article Hop on Pop (2002) explains how culture is influenced especially by the tactics of mass media and popular culture. This aspect is one that Walt Disney and his company used and did so very well. This article opened me up to think about how the media is trying to influence
Because popular culture is widely accessible, artifacts easily affect the way human beings perceive the world by shaping the collective view. The opinions and representations presented through popular culture artifacts are accepted by the collective and thus become real as they inform the basic assumptions of soci...
After the first world war, Germany was in ruins, it has gotten all the blame for the war, its military, colonies, and wealth was now no more, it was punished through the Treaty of Versailles. It was one of the biggest mistakes in human history which would lead to the most bloody and horrific events Europe and the world has ever seen. In 1921 a man of Austrian birth, Adolf Hitler, came into power as the leader of the German Nazi Party, and in 1933 he has succeeded in being appointed the Chancellor of Germany. To make and keep Nazism in Germany, the use of propaganda was essential. The propaganda aimed to spread the messages of the Nazis ideology, which included anti-Semitism (hostility towards Jews) promotion of the Aryan race being the most
Nevertheless, it binds people together and dictates what is socially acceptable, while reflecting what we believe and love. While simultaneously allowing individuals to change prevailing norms of behavior from the inside out. Pop culture help us evolve form living in small homogeneous villages to coinciding in large heterogeneous cities, where a population thrived on differences. Pop culture gives each member of a society a sense of belonging, and the most obvious example would be the World Cup, a huge event that happens every four years that is viewed by the whole world. It paved the way for social and technological innovation, especially with the expansion of the internet everyone has equal access to information that was not previous available. Pop culture and its immediate affects are essential to societal
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On an individual basis, popular culture helps establish and mold the subjective self. It influences the way individuals think, act and respond, and this becomes part of how people develop their personalities, preferences, beliefs, and their overall identity. For example, most people idolize certain fashion statements or fads which determines their preference of clothing. This process of self-formation coincides with both elements of personal choice and the responses and attitudes of others. Furthermore, the identity that an individual asserts is influenced by and helps determine the development of social relationships; it influences the communities and groups to which an individual will identify with and how that identification is processed. In the establishment of communal bonding, mass culture helps with, as Leavis describes, a “leveling down of society” (35). The lines of class distinction have been blurred which, to Leavis is not a good thing, but it unites us nonetheless. Popular culture also promotes unity in that it “blurs age lines” (29). As stated earlier, the products of popular culture are targeted towards a variety of audiences; adults read comic books, children watch adult films, etc. (Macdonald 29). Similarly, teenagers and young adults are brought together through night clubs, fashion, and music; college students come together to enjoy campus events; book fans wait in line hours for new releases, etc. Each of these instances produce feelings of belonging, acceptance and connection with members of society over a common
In the contemporary society, popular culture represents the emerging lifestyles, fashions, values, as well as customs that the mainstream population follows without hesitation and with loyalty. It embraces a blend of philosophies, opinions, beliefs, viewpoints, and imageries, besides various forms of events that specific groups of individuals adopt in the society. Popular culture plays a significant role in shaping the way people think or perceive things by offering them a unique interpretation of something that they may eventually like. In this digital age, some of the popular culture known today takes account of television programs watched by many people, the numbers of individuals who currently use the internet constantly as the best means
Pop culture is a reflection of social change, not a cause of social change” (John Podhoretz). It encompasses the advertisements we see on T.V, the clothes we wear, the music we listen too, and it’s the reason Leonardo DiCaprio has not won an Oscar yet. It defines and dictates the desires and fears of the mainstream members of society; and it is so ingrained into our lives that it has become as natural as breathing. Moreover, adults never even bat an eyelash at all the pop culture and advertising that surrounds them since it has become just another part of everyday life. Pop culture is still somewhat seen as entertainment enjoyed by the lower class members of society; but pop culture standards change over time. A notable example of this is the sixteenth century author, William Shakespeare, since his works were considered pop culture, entertainment that could be enjoyed by everyone, but now they are considered literary classics. While pop culture encompasses most aspects of our lives, its influence is most obvious through each generations reaction to media,
It incorporates the daily interactions, needs, desires and cultural moments that make up the everyday lives of the society. It finds expression in day to day practices such as cooking, fashion, newspapers, magazines, television, mass media and the many facets of entertainment such as sports, music, dance and literature. Thus popular culture becomes “culture actually made by people for themselves” (Williams 111). In the essay “Notes on Deconstructing the Popular”, Stuart Hall defines popular culture as all the cultural activities of the people, or their “distinctive way of life” which is considered as popular within social context, and is popularly accepted within the society in any particular period (449). Popular Culture also accommodates cultural texts and practices which fail to qualify as the high or elite culture. This residual nature makes it a site of struggle between the marginalized and the dominant groups in society, where forces of incorporation and resistance against them come into