Tuesday 15 January 2013

Pop Culture
What is ‘Pop Culture” and how does it differ from Popular Culture?
Pop music (a term that originally derives from an abbreviation of “popular”) is a genre of popular music which originated in its modern form in the 1950s, deriving from rock and roll.[1] The terms popular music and pop music are often used interchangeably, even though the former is a description of music which is popular (and can include any style), whilst the latter is a specific genre containing qualities of mass appeal.[1]
“Popular culture has been defined as everything from “common culture,” to “folk culture,” to “mass culture.” While it has been all of these things at various points in history, in Post-War America, popular culture is undeniably associated with commercial culture and all its trappings: movies, television, radio, cyberspace, advertising, toys, nearly any commodity available for purchase, many forms of art, photography, games, and even group “experiences” like collective comet-watching or rave dancing on ecstasy. While humanities and social science departments before the 1950s would rarely have imagined including anything from the previous list in their curricula, it is now widely acknowledged that popular culture can and must be analyzed as an important part of US material, economic and political culture. “Pop culture” is also one of the US’ most lucrative export commodities, making everything from Levi’s jeans to Sylvester Stallone movies popular on the international market. It would be impossible to do an exhaustive (or even a not-so-exhaustive) survey of all the work being done in and on popular culture, so we have included only representative examples of both. Our bibliographies and links focus on major figures in popular writing and basic categories of popular media after the war.”
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Say the words ‘Wild Thing’ to almost anyone and they will reply with ‘…you make my heart sing’ thus the nature of popular culture. POP CULTURE in this sense takes a song by The Troggs and turns it into a viral sensation reaching millions of people.The theme of simplicity features in this track as although the song is catchy the line that grabs people is ‘Wild thing…’ two words that automatically cause the corresponding line and tune to enter our heads. At 20 I wasn’t around when this song was originally recorded however I still could sing the lyrics with ease. This causes me to question whether this song specifically is an example of POP CULTURE or whether it has developed from the initial POP explosion to more of an anthem track. POP CULTURE in my opinion is that explosion of something new that is POPULAR for a short spell until it is replaced by another viral sensation. (Citation required) Yasmin Stringer says…


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Pop Culture is surface, it has no distinguishable face, just an area where the latest makeup is applied and swiftly reapplied. With close proximity to the proceeding layer. Daniel Boorstin says “with our unprecedented power to magnify the image and popularise the virtue of heroes, our machinery only multiples and enlarges the shadows of ourselves.(citation required) Jack Pittard says…


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Pop Culture-although big, mercurial, and slippery to define-is really an umbrella term that covers anything currently in fashion, all or most of whose ingredients are familiar to the public-at-large. The new dances are a perfect example… Pop Art itself may mean little to the average man, but its vocabulary…is always familiar.

The culture is everything around us, everyone has its own. People with different cultures communicate and teach each other new things and new culture. And then is popular culture, its something that we all understand, that we all like, hate, talk about, watch listen or feel.
Popular culture is more than just pop music and pop art, its in every person itself its something we all do in our life, day up to day.. mass media is a very big part of it, it is a pop culture itself. its like a skeleton of the pop culture, carrying whole body of it and doing the movements. Adverts and pieces of art and all other visuals are like words of popular culture, saying for it self. the more you start thinking of what is actually pop culture, the more u realise that it huge and it keeps growing colourful interpretations of peoples thoughts and imagination..

A lad is a male who specialises in creating and distributing exquisite banter…


Jackass is an American reality series, originally shown on MTV from 2000 to 2002, featuring people performing various dangerous, crude self-injuring stunts and pranks. The show served as a launchpad for the television and acting careers of Johnny KnoxvilleBam Margera, and Steve-O.
Since 2002, three Jackass films have been produced and released by MTV corporate sibling Paramount Pictures, continuing the franchise after its run on television. 


Jackass = lad?

What is a LAD?

It seems all this LAD stuff has just begun to take off. And every group of males in the UK seem to claim that they are the ultimate lads! It doesn’t matter if you’re from Southampton or even Scunthorpe, there will be a group of lads in any pub, bar or club giving it the biggun’. Of course, in their own right, they’re all lads! But what I want to know is this: What is a lad?
Surely there must be some sort of definition or criteria? Well I’ve done my research and I’ve come up with this concise(ish) answer:“A lad is someone who specialises in crafting and distributing banter of the highest quality.Notoriously most lads are of a youthful age but it is not a defining characteristic. They talk about tits, fannies and sport. And they also love a shandy or two. No drink is out of bounds! Special skills of a lad include, but are not limited to:
  • Shagging any bird with a pulse;
  • Exposing genitalia and getting naked in public places;
  • Consuming copious amount of alcohol on a regular basis;
  • Getting kicked out of pubs/nightclubs for being overly offensive;
  • Binning Pints.”
Now I’m not saying you have to achieve all these to become a lad. But excelling in all areas will earn you the title of ‘top lad’.

ok, this what we found online on LEDs..  you can find the original  page  in here http://chefjake3.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/what-is-a-lad/

are the food challenges part of the lad culture?

i would say yes! disgusting but aloooot of people watching it and its POPular...

another discription found on urban dictionary website:

lad

A lad is a male who specialises in creating and distributing exquisite banter. Though most lads are youngish (late teens and early twenties) age is not a defining characteristic and you will find both young lads and old lads. Some special skills of lads include, but are not limited to the following:

- Binning Pints
- Exposing genitalia and getting naked in public places
- Throwing up after copious alcohol consumption
- Spousal Abuse
- Getting kicked out of pubs/nightclubs for being overly offensive

Excelling in all areas will earn a lad the title of "top lad". There is no higher praise that can be bequeathed upon an individual.
"That guy just saw off a whole bottle of Vodka then partyboyed that bird, what a lad!"

"Andy got kicked out of City for binning his pint, then turtling naked on the dancefloor...LAD"

LAD POP...
over-eating...Gluteny
food-extreme food challange
pranks
hurting themselves
young guys
behaviour
university social behaviour
group banter
from all classes- from common to upper class