Comm 123 Midterm – Flashcards
Flashcard maker : Jamie Hutchinson
John Storey
Title: “What is popular culture?”
Subject: Ten definitions of popular culture
Subject: Ten definitions of popular culture
Dwight MacDonald
Title: “A Theory of Mass Culture”
Subject: Criticism of mass culture
Subject: Criticism of mass culture
Theodor Adorno
Title: “On Popular Music”
Subject: Criticism of popular music
Subject: Criticism of popular music
Adorno & Horkheimer
Title: “The Culture Industry–Enlightenment as Mass Deception”
Subject: Concerns regarding homogenization, docile audiences, advertizing
Subject: Concerns regarding homogenization, docile audiences, advertizing
Jim Ferreira
Title: “Cultural Conservatism and Mass Culture: The Case Against Democracy”
Subject: Summary of cultural conservative views
Subject: Summary of cultural conservative views
Herbert Gans
Title: “Popular Culture and High Culture: An Analysis and Evaluation of Taste”
Subject: Supports pop culture via rebutting complaints regarding pop culture
Subject: Supports pop culture via rebutting complaints regarding pop culture
John Fiske
Title: “Understand Popular Culture”
Subject: In support of pop culture because it is of the people
Subject: In support of pop culture because it is of the people
Steven Johnson
Title: “Watching TV Makes You Smarter”
Subject: Positive analysis of increasingly cognitively demanding television
Subject: Positive analysis of increasingly cognitively demanding television
Henry Jenkins
Title: “Get a Life: Fans, Poachers and Nomads”
Subject: Support of “fans” as well as summary of critiques v. fans
Subject: Support of “fans” as well as summary of critiques v. fans
Malcolm Gladwell
Title: “The Cool Hunt”
Subject: Description of “cool hunters”
Subject: Description of “cool hunters”
Erica Rand
Title: “Barbies Queer Accessories”
Subject: Critically viewing Barbie’s role in society and what its role reveals
Subject: Critically viewing Barbie’s role in society and what its role reveals
John Storey
Title: “Postmodernism”
Subject: Summary of postmodernism in regards to popular culture
Subject: Summary of postmodernism in regards to popular culture
Nancy Morris
Title: “The Myth of Unadulterated Culture Meets the Threat of Imported Media”
Subject: No such thing as unadulterated culture
Subject: No such thing as unadulterated culture
Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi
Title: “The Many Cultural Faces of Imperialism”
Subject: Analysis of culture and imperialism
Subject: Analysis of culture and imperialism
Stuart Hall
Title: “The Spectacle of the Other”
Subject: Analysis of race in visual advertising
Subject: Analysis of race in visual advertising
Jhally
Title: “Image Based Culture”
Subject: Increasing role of image based advertising in society
Subject: Increasing role of image based advertising in society
Susan Bordo
Title: “Hunger as Ideology”
Subject: Analysis of influence of advertising on gender roles, with a particular emphasis on female eating
Subject: Analysis of influence of advertising on gender roles, with a particular emphasis on female eating
