... outline of the dissertation's content and structure. 1.1 PSY's Accidental Success Due to his self-made backstory and run-ins with the law, PSY is not a representative of the culture-manufacturing machine that is the K-pop industry. "His first album, 'PSY from the PSYcho World!' was condemned for 'inappropriate content,' and his second, 'Ssa 2,' was banned for anyone under ... music video for "Secret," made to promote Pantene shampoo However, it would be amiss to label the physical sales of music as the primary product being sold in the culture industry of K-pop. Rather, i...

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... I will be discussing some issues that I have seen in how institutions and individuals are being subjected to various forms of culture. The specific forms I will be discussing are "High Culture" and what I like to refer to as "Mass Culture". Mass culture is the same as pop culture as it is called today, but in my early days in "intro" classes at a community college I have learned it ... succeeds in destroying all values and dissolving any form of barriers. The homogenizing effect of this also denotes a blur in age segregation. The easy access to all mass/pop culture (and all forms of mas...

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... form of living, just like the music has no rules and you can pretty much combine any rhythm you please, the pop culture is the same. Pop in Latin countries has a quite different definition. Pop is considered a combination of rock and rap in a more pleasant-sounding style. Unlike blues that gives people a sad ... better music. Such examples of mixture can be seen in Cristina Aguilera and Redman or Gwen Stefani and Missy Elliot. Probably the biggest competition pop culture has, is rap culture. Rap began in late 1980s and still lives on. Rap is a serious of spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics ...

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... States of America. The term Pop Art referred to the interest of a number of artists in the images of mass media, advertising, comics and consumer products. Pop Art is an abbreviation of Popular Art, the images used in Pop Art were taken from popular or "pop" culture. Pop art was "a dazzling celebration of ... life in a world recovering from war."# Pop art is in some ways hard to define. Pop art does not describe a style but ... to respond directly to the object rather than to the skill and personality of the artist. The subject matter and images of Pop Art, taken from mass culture, were...

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... , "NSYNC, or Who Wants to be a Millionaire. These are just a few of the different societal trends, television shows and music sensations regarding different pop culture topics that have changed over the years. There are so many different trends that have come and gone throughout the years, and at one time they were ... all considered to be pop culture. Some stuff has stuck around and others, well no one really wants to remember anymore. There were and still are, different clothing styles, music ... war and any other cause they could think of and started wearing friendship bracelets. This...

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... could not be truer when speaking of his generation and movement. Warhol was part of one of the largest movements in modern art; Pop. Pop Art was a 20th century art movement that utilized the imagery and techniques of consumerism and popular culture as well as mass media and advertising, often in an ironic way. Works of Warhol, Lichtenstein, and Oldenburg exemplify this style ... art movement that appeared in the fifties as a reaction against "Abstract Expressionism". It referred to some artists" interest in the images of mass media, advertising, comics, and consumer products. Pop Art br...

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... was emerging and people endured it. Avant-garde artists, the style and feeling of the art, and the culture of the art are three of the many attributes that structure the evolution of pop art. The new era had begun Avant-garde artists were the artists that were leading an era of art into a ... Gustav Jung. Art was in this movement of art in trying to liven-up, and put the emphasis on the art on the nature of items. Pop art culture was indeed different then art of the era before, and partially because it was influenced by the world in the new era. A hippie youth movement was ... that led t...

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... time as subject a matter for art. The movement was contemptuous and mocked many aspects of the modern world, such as comic strips, consumer products, advertising and celebrities. Pop art used these images from the mass media and popular culture and completely changed their meaning and perception. It was something for the masses rather than just for the higher class of society. The ... a reaction against the abstract expressionist style of the 1940s and 1950s, which the pop artists considered overly intellectual, subjective, and separate from reality. They hoped to close the gap between ...

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... be emotionally damaging and lead to living double lives. Many girls that are raised in Christian homes are not exposed to true pop culture until they reach high school. They are often sheltered from the world by their blood family and their church family. Once they are exposed to ... own careers and lives before involving a partner and children. It is also not necessary for a woman to dress extremely conservative in pop culture. Female college student show a lot of skin and this is acceptable in pop culture. During my research I interviewed many women, but will not be able to include all...

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... a natural appeal to the artists in America and they used this to emphasise on everyday objects used in daily life. Pop art described the growing culture of which ordinary people derived most of their visual pleasure in the mass media, like television, comics, advertisements and magazines. The ... most direct representation of Pop Art is the ever famous Andy Warhol, who lived through depression and all the political ... allows images to be repeated endlessly. This method clearly depicts the vulgar image of an industrialised America. Warhol had expressed it as "a culture overburdened by...

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... movement. Both their styles where very different but encapsulated the point of Pop Art and its look on pop culture and consumerism. Warhol is best known for his piece's "Marilyn Diptych", "Coca-Cola Bottles" and "Soup Cans" and his technique of using ... illustrator for advertisement and this is where he got his ideas for pop art. He was interested in the objects of mass culture and consumerism of a post-war United States. He was interested in the way these objects were packaged, advertised and presented to a mass culture in which material goods were a necessity. His ideas are seen ... ...

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... much a style, as a shared viewpoint about the artist's modern environment. Some believe that pop art came about as a direct reaction against abstract impressionism. But the art is deeper than simply a rebellion; it allows a new perspective on culture. This perspective being the realization and acceptance of the twentieth century's commercial culture that emerged out of the Second World War in a need by the public ... New York at this point participating in the New York art scene, so when they returned home, many to England where simultaneously another independent pop art movement had st...

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... are but two examples of this phenomenon. A prime example of a symbol whose popularity skyrocketed in a short period of time is Nike. The American pop culture of sportswear worn as regular clothing is responsible for Nike's phenomenal success in Asia, with some 3 million employees just in this region today. Another ... larger, more popular coffee clubs that have successfully broken into the Asian market, thus carving out a niche in American pop culture for themselves. Which brings about the issue of pop culture, or "popular" culture. Much of the American influence in Asia is targeted at t...

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... was left up to each artist. The main themes that are evident in all pop art revolve around modern social values. The style in which these values were portrayed varied depending on the culture and the artist. Andy Warhol used the media, which captured his eccentricities, to his ... advantage and that in turn helped in projecting pop art to the public. Warhol's timing was perfect in introducing pop. He was even separated from other pop artists who were his ... some of the most desirable graphic designers. For many, Warhol was a work of art himself, reflecting back the basic desires of a c...

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About Pop Culture It is amazing how in someway we all have prejudices against the so called "modern age". In our twisted little minds nothing is ... different towards art. Classical music, Renaissance paintings, Barroc sculpture: that is true art. Calling the pop art movement art is a blasphemy Thinking that in the nineteenth century people were more educated than today is a huge mistake, because having access to culture back then was a privilege of the nobility only. Today, however, people are very much ... exposed to culture despite of their social class. There's museums everywhere, huge l...

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... in their American representation". The Red Robin, a chain restaurant, is a popular place for many families. Red Robin's are scattered across the USA and Canada. Red Robin restaurants are like the pop art movement of the 60's, taking a mundane everyday concept, the burger chain, and presenting it in a cartoonish, somewhat iconic and ultimately appealing way. Among the dozens of framed images of ... Hollywood icons and posters for classic films that adorn the walls of the Coeur d'Alene, Red Robin hangs a print of pop artist Andy Warhol's famous bright red portrait of Jackie Kennedy and a l...

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... many ways. Some of the branches are music, and the film industry. Since the beginning of popular culture, the music and the film industries are changing in incredible speed. Throughout the decades, pop culture has become an important part of our lives. The more we try to hide from it, the more ... close it comes. Back in the old days, 1950-1970, popular culture started to influence people all around the world. People of ... Now in the new millennium, the language used is at its worst. The foul language is used to insult people of different religions, ethnic backgrounds, and culture. An...

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... latest gossip, and base how the normal type of living should be. Many things factor into the ideas put into Americans heads. For instance, pop culture, the hip current trends and interests of people and gossip; technology, the advances today that control most Americans daily lives; and how these things ... because they are happy and successful so why shouldn't you do these things to feel the same? Which brings me to my next point in pop culture, the music. The popular music today is completely different form even fifty years ago. The songs played daily on the radio contain many sexual, ...

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... from everyday life and employs techniques of commercial art and popular illustration. It was based on everyday life and the popular culture around everyone, for instance, magazines, comics, celebrities and objects. Although pop art did start to emerge in the 1950's in England, the time it really hit everyone was in the 60's, ... colour and simplicity in it. So little detail, yet it resembles her tremendously. Colour and simplicity. Yet it is so amazing and eye-catching. The reason pop art has to be my most favourite type of art. How everyday objects can be so fascinating to look at once o...

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... are actually pretty accurate in real life. Even more interesting is that only themes, but also imagery from Metropolis are reused almost excessively throughout popular culture. Whether it be in movies or music videos, to this day, we can see that the influence of it certainly lives on. After the release ... same thesis that plays out over the entire Star Wars saga. The outreach of Metropolis' influence extends far beyond the box office. All throughout popular culture we can see references to the images and ideas portrayed in the film. Sometimes it is as small as a model of the False Mar...

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Popular Cultures In The 1960's Music became more popular when the first jukebox was invented. Such was the popularity of these machines that a programme called jukebox jury started. Children watched the programme, and the songs that were performed would be given either a thumbs up or a thumbs down depending if the song was good or not by a panel that varied from week to week. The programme had such an influence that often a records success would be decided by what the programmes audience thought. There were lots of influences from America in British pop in the late 50's and 60's. With the intr...

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... either, just was made fun of. The real reason Mike Tyson won this award is because on top of rape, assault, and excessive biting, he's been accused of abusing ferrets. Pop Culture "Most Criminal Celebrity" award appeals to the "MTV" generation that watches MTV News 10 to the hour every hour. These people get to hear a snippet of celebrity news, who got ... ...

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... effectiveness but also for marketing to ethnic populations domestically (Reese 1998). A research conducted by the author (Tian 1987) in a minority region in China (a tradition-based culture) indicates that culture influences consumer behavior regarding products distribution. It is noted that the cultural orientation of the ethnic group consumers has helped to establish and maintain, through vendor loyalty, plenty ... tradition-based culture. This uneasiness could also happen within modern-based cultural societies. For instance, Griffith (1998) notices that many U.S. marketers are hard pr...

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... live and work in these different cultures and we don't even realize it. Music is a huge factor in the way we are affected by our culture. Hence the fact music is in all cultures even in our own way of life. Think about the last time you said something smooth or cool to ... this do-wop bee-bop music reflected the way people's attitudes were about life. In the Sixties "Rock and Roll" made its collision with mainstream American culture and people like the Beetles and Elvis Presley became the forefathers for a huge cultural gateway. The era of peace love and happiness was beginning and so ....

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... the underground. To quote the legendary Frank Zappa "The mainstream comes to you, but you have to go to the underground." gives us an idea. The definition of underground culture I use, is, culture that has not reached the mainstream but that has gained popularity among a small and loyal audience. During the 1960s, the term underground acquired a new meaning in that it referred ... a band they like, they will start going to every show, buy every shirt, hat, or sticker they have to sell. This culture is a sub-culture. A sub-culture is a set of people with distinct behavior and beliefs wit...

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