Answer to Question #234994 in Sociology for milo

Question

1. Identify 5 examples of popular culture and describe how they inform larger culture. How prevalent is the effect of these examples in your everyday life?

1. Consider a current social trend that you have witnessed, perhaps situated around family, education, transportation, or finances. For example, many veterans of the Armed Forces, after completing tours of duty in the Middle East, are returning to college rather than entering jobs as veterans as previous generations did. Choose a sociological approach—functionalism, conflict theory, or symbolic interactionism—to describe, explain, and analyze the social issue you choose. Afterward, determine why you chose the approach you did. Does it suit your own way of thinking? Or did it offer the best method to illuminate the social issue?

Answer 1

Popular culture is defined as the people's culture or the vernacular that is popular in a society at a given point in time. It's determined by the activities and interactions between people on their everyday activities,mode of dressing and the food they eat.

1. Sports. They are watched by almost all members of the society of all social classes. Sports such the World Cup and the English Premier League have a huge following. It's common to see people showing allegiance to a certain team as a way to self-identity with the team.

2. Television. Many people spend hours watching television everyday and they can't imagine a life without it. For many people,it has become an addiction to watching TV. Globally renowned shows such The Simpsons have a huge following worldwide and some people can't miss to watch it even a minute.

These popular cultures affects a larger group of people of all social classes either positively or negatively. They play a vital role in uniting people on ideas of acceptable forms of living.