Miriam Hull

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8 March 2016

Professor Hankerson

English 1010- Hybrid

The Summary of Pop Culture

How would you define pop culture? There are various interpretations of what pop

culture. In the article Pop Culture: An Overview by Tim Delaney, he described and answered

any lingering question the people of our society may have had about pop culture. The article

began by Delaney explaining what pop culture is. As the article went on, he then gave examples

of pop culture. Tim Delaney ended his article by explaining the genesis of pop culture. After

explaining the inception of pop culture he closed the article by naming numerous sources of pop

culture.

Delaney stated that there are many ways to define pop culture simply based on whos

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defining it. He described pop culture as being our societys patois. In simpler words, Delaney is

saying that it is the everyday language and behavior of our society. Tim Delaney continued to

explain what pop culture was by listing that various aspects that it contains. The aspects which

Delaney listed that could define pop culture were attitude, behaviors, beliefs, customs and tastes.

To conclude his introduction about what pop culture is, the basic definition Tim Delaney used

was that it is the products and forms of expression and identity that are frequently encountered

or widely accepted, commonly liked or approved, and characteristic of a particular society at a

given time.. Now being given a general definition of pop culture from Delaney, he then

went on to give examples of pop culture.

There are numerous genres of pop culture. A few that were listed by Tim Delaney were

music, cyber culture, sports and television being the most influential of society. He then broke

down how our society watches television so much, that it has become difficult to live life without

watching it. We live in a society where we are so influenced by almost everything that happens

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on T.V. that without it we wouldnt really have a sense of self. Delaney explained the

frustrations people have with the amount of hours television is being watched. He described that

the people held many television programs responsible for the harmful effect on society. With

there being various examples of pop culture, Delaney made it clear that pop culture was only

broken up into two parts; folk and high culture. If you express folk culture, you will be living

conservative or simple. Folk culture is the regular way of doing things, as Delaney explained.

High culture is was a lot of people in our society today practices. Being described as the social

elite, high culture is more of a sophisticated type of culture. In a generalization, Delaney labeled

pop culture as being looked down. It is looked down on because it is only reflecting or mirroring

what is seen or done every day. Once Delaney gave us a rather clear examples of pop culture, he

then went on to explain the genesis of pop culture.

The three things that played an important role in pop culture are urbanization,

industrialization and of course the mass media. People live in small areas where their living was

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uniform. Although it was uniform, the people were often found in cities that had a manifest of

cultural diversity, as Delaney explained. With the manifest of cultural diversity, the people of

these small villages once upon a time, labeled themselves as the reason for popular expression.

Industrialization was important for bringing different models of transportation to the society as

well as the many advancements in developments in technology. Industrialization was the major

key to mass production. Lastly, there was the mass media which had to being the biggest

contribution to the formation of pop culture. Mass media includes films, broadcasts radio and

television. Mass media is also one of the sources of pop culture which Delaney talks about as the

article progresses.

Just like there are many examples and definitions of pp culture, there are numerous

sources of pop culture, Delaney mentioned. As I mentioned in the paragraph above, mass media

is one of the major sources. However there are other sources such as books, radio, film,

television and media. Tim Delaney explained that he believes that pop culture is influenced by

professional spirits that gives information to the public. Surprisingly, a hidden source of pop

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culture is individualism. This is a source that is rarely mentions, but it was brought to may

readers attention once Delaney mentioned it. Delaney brought everything to our attention with

this article.

In conclusion, Pop Culture: An Overview by Tim Delaney helped us understand what

pop culture really is. Delaney defined what pop culture is. As the article went on, Delaney then

gave examples to help us get a clear understanding. Once all was understood, Delaney gave us a

history lesson about the formation of pop culture. Tim concluded his articles by listing the

sources of pop culture. In the words of Tim Delaney, Of course, once a unique style becomes

adopted by others, it ceases to remain unique. It becomes, popular..