For example, in the 2001 General Election, whilst Labour won a 42% share of the popular vote, they won 64% of the seats, thus the results were biased in their favour. ... Seats won Change since 1997 Total votes cast % share of popular vote % share of seats Labour 413 -6 10,740,168 42 64 Conservative 166 +1 8,352,845 33 26 Lib-Democrat 56 +6 4,815,249 19 8 Others 10 0 688,693 6 2 Another factor, which would have contributed towards Labour's successful election, was the low turnout of voters on June 7th In fact; the election of 2001 produced the lowest turnout figure since 1918, wi...

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Popular Culture Popular culture is the culture that is adopted and appeals to large masses of people, normally the middle class citizens. ... By interpreting and using popular symbolic forms, everyone helps produce popular culture. ... Most executives of the culture industries are in the business strictly for the bread. ... Even the most threatening and anarchistic cultural materials and political statements are shamelessly packaged and sold. ... So while the sights and sounds of mass-mediated popular culture may be first produced and distributed by commercial enterprises headquartered ...

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There are many definitions which apply to the popular culture and one of the simplest ways to determine what is popular culture is to observe congregations in society, large groups and what their common interest is. ... In today's popular culture one of the only ways to reach many people is through media and I feel that even though Meyer did not overtly intend to include anything about her faith, certain values important to her (which are also the values of the LDS) were bound to slip in somewhere within the story. ... This is a similitude of sexual repression because of his willingness...

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They marked the waning of the popular religious tract as a dominating presence on the meagre literary scene. ... And popular myths are apt to stay for long in small minority groups. ... Most of these articles visualised a new type of reader: the citizen of an independent state and not just the enlightened member of an ethnic community. ... His was the most popular British literary name in the period discussed. ... They were scholars and not popular teachers or moralists like Samuel Smiles, and therefore were less popular than he came to be. ...

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This amounted to popular protest, which epitomised the feeling of unrest felt throughout the country. ... Although this unrest was unlikely to evolve drastically, what was most worrying at the time was the ideas behind it, and the fact that people were willing to act on their beliefs if the issue continued. ... Popular protest was critical in the passage of the bill, which enfranchised more than 800,000 voters. ... Arguably, a changing economic picture was actually what triggered popular protest – as Britain grew and industrialized, people realised the unfairness of a corrupt system, whi...

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Saad (2012) proposes in his article that even popular culture can be viewed from an evolutionary standpoint. ... Another large lyrical focal point for male singers is on the physical appearance of women which, as discussed previously, is at the heart of the decision for most men when courting. ... Universally, status and stability are the most essential criteria when women are seeking a mate. ... Finally, Saad concludes by examining the effects of the blogosphere on the practice of evolutionary psychology and how it is becoming increasingly popular in the online world. ... Women are adapted ...

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Popular Culture Focus Study: >> Fashion... (2100 Words) Fashion is a vital component to this global popular culture in which we live. ... Fashion is widespread within global popular culture, but its development happens in different places around the world. ... Those who employed these tactics in their advertisements were the most successful in the delivery of their product message. ... Sexual images in advertising are the most easily identified forms of pre-propaganda in our society. ...

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The game of hockey is perhaps the most central and pervasive form of popular culture in Canada. ... As it grew into organized hockey, there was the cool air of the indoor rink, the musty smell of the concrete dressing rooms, the friendships of team life, recollections of youthful fandom and hero worship, and watching the ever popular Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts. ... The game has become one of Canada's most significant collective representations "a story Canadians tell themselves about what is means to be Canadian. ... As a result, hockey went beyond local meanings and ident...

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The study of popular culture and sociology contributes factors that influence these relationships, aiding in understanding how different relationships are formed and maintained. ... Domestic abuse is physical, emotional, or sexual violation, or most typically a combination of all three (London, Myers and Scott 2002:883). ... In exploring these findings, examples from popular culture are useful in understanding them. ... "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" involves all other factors, the most prominent being influence from family. ...

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The most popular beer flavors are Efes Pilsen, Efes Light, Efes Dark, Efes Extra, Marmara 34, Miller Genuine Draft, and Beck's. ... With the most up to date technology, high production capacity consisting of 910 million liters of beer, 97,500 tons of malt, and 2,000 tons of hops, the company's export potential, and very powerful distribution networks, Anadolu Efes dominates the beer market in its country. ...

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However, one website, Just Think Foundation, supported my belief that the media, magazines in particular, do indeed influence young girls to be "thin" in order to be popular and beautiful in our society. ... Our patients would die-and practically do-to look like Calista Flockhart." ( People, 10-18-99) In the music industry, the most popular media influence is the music video and the types of fashion trends the performer displays onstage. The most popular young adult performer is teen sensation Britney Spears. ... (People, 10-18-99) These two examples plus the dozens of others I have read throu...

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As the debate is enormous I have decided to only concentrate on how today's popular music is having a negative effect on today's youth. ... In order to get a better understanding of how artists have influenced popular culture and how it can lead to having a negative effect (if any at all) on society. ... Secondly, these concerts are very popular and encourage violence from the start, this desensitises violence because it is nothing new to these arenas and therefore today's youth think nothing of hurting other fans or themselves. ... This is stated in Tricia Ross' book Black...

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In an effort to solve the overpopulation problem in Africa, a popular contraceptive used widely in the eastern and southern regions has recently been linked to the rise in HIV across the country. ... However, the effects are most alarming for African women because the transfer of HIV from heterosexual sex is greater in sub-Saharan Africa causing many organizations to panic (Belluck). ... "Conversely, limiting one of the most highly used effective methods of contraception in sub-Saharan Africa would probably contribute to increased maternal mortality and morbidity and more low birth weight ba...

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Another popular social scientist is Claude Levi Strauss. ... (Jung Carl, MSN Encarta) Claude Levi-Strauss was a popular French anthropologist who was most well-known for his development of structural anthropology. ... In conclusion, Jung's idea of personal and collective unconsciousness is most convincing because it includes both the feelings of an individual's past experiences as well as the inherited concept that is shared by all humanity. ...

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There are many definitions that apply to the vast example of popular culture and one of the simplest ways to determine what is popular culture is to observe congregations in society, large groups and what their common interest is. ... In today's popular culture one of the only ways to reach many people is through media and I feel that even though Meyer did not overtly intend to include anything about her faith, certain values important to her (which are also the values of the LDS) were bound to slip in somewhere within the story. ... This is a similitude of sexual repression because of hi...

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It goes through what people believe about the sensationalization of crimes, to disproportionate reporting of crimes, offenders and victims, and violence in popular media, and looks at how it affects our psyche as a community and society. ... Crimes of theft, murder, drug selling and drug use are most likely to be associated with a black or Hispanic male ("Crime in new york city" 2014). ...

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However, it could be the most important college because it helps American society make one very important decision, determining the President. ... The national popular vote is the total of all the votes cast for a candidate, and the candidate with the most votes is the winner. ... The most recent occurrence was in the 2000 election. ... A candidate could focus and win in the eleven states with the most Electoral College votes and this would not show a distribution of votes. ... Advocates of the Electoral College remark that it keeps candidates from focusing all of their campaigns on the most p...

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The simplest method for measuring sociometric popularity is to simply ask a group of adolescent subjects to rank their peers according to which ones they like the least and which ones they like the most. ... Measurements of perceived popularity might be taken by observing peer behavior or interaction, although some studies ask subjects to rank their peers by indicating which students they believe to be the most and the least popular. ... There are some overlaps between those who are sociometrically popular and those who are perceived popular, but the percentages are low; one study showed that ...

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(Houser, 3) The most popularly sought after reform of the Electoral College is to elect presidents solely based on the popular vote, which occurs on Election Day in November. ... Should no candidate have a majority of the vote, there should be a run-off between the two most popular candidates. ... Most importantly, a direct popular election would give way for Americans to truly have their voices heard on Election Day. ... A reason that a popular election has never passed, is that a popular election would mandate that states stopped being the independent entities. ... "Direct popular electi...

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Most importantly, those who agree with preserving the Electoral College believe that election by popular vote, the alternative to the college, would create numerous deficiencies in the system. ... "The Electoral College system, it is claimed, does not guarantee that the candidate with the most popular votes will win. ... Election by popular vote is much more accurate of an election than the Electoral College. ... Most importantly, election by popular vote permits the citizens to take part in their government denied to them by the existence of the Electoral College. ... The United States has ...

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It was inspired by an Italian artist named Eduardo Paolozzi, who was known for including references to popular culture as well as mechanical elements in his art. ... This type of art was popular with British pop musicians as well, and when asked to do some work, Richard Hamilton jumped at the chance to create art for the Beatles on their white album in 1967. ... In essence, popular art, as a whole, offers imagery and plots to control the changes in the world; everything in our culture that changes is the material of the popular arts (Fabozzi, 118). In closing, I feel that Richard Hamilton ...

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The Electoral College nullifies the value of the democratic popular vote by conferring the power of the presidency to the candidate who accumulates 270 of the State apportioned Electoral College votes. ... In the Electoral College system each state is given a number of votes apportioned by their representation in congress, one for each member of the Senate and House, in most cases to be cast by electors as a lump sum all to the winner of the popular vote in their respective state. ... Most importantly the noted difficulty of amending the Constitution, which is the only way to permanently insti...

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The most successful caudillos had alliances with a number of popular groups and depending on the nation they were either Indian, Black, mestizo, or a combination thereof. ... Rosas kept his power through a mix of personality, popular religion, patriotic fervor, and fear/terror. ... In creating a popular following, Rosas skillfully used the "federal look " to establish political unity. ... He used popular religion as a way to connect his leadership and regime to the catholic church. ... Santa Anna was very popular with the masses and with indigenous populations. ...

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Hitler became the chancellor of Germany in January 1933 for a variety of reasons, including the fact that the Nazis were undoubtedly the most popular party in Germany by this time. ... The fact that Hitler was leader of the most popular party cannot be overlooked as a factor. ... The fact that Hitler became chancellor however was by no means solely down to the fact that they were perceived to be the most popular party. ... Of course the moderate popular support played some part, but it is a minor detail compared to the failure of alternative options. ... The fact that he was the head of the m...

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In 1929 Wallace Thurman and William Jourden Rapp collaborated on a popular play, "Harlem". ... The African-American musical-comedies that showed there became popular very quickly. ... In Harlem, jazz music was extremely popular and influential. One of the most popular ideas was the way to play the piano called "stride piano". ... Many cities like to take credit for the formation of Jazz, but historians have concluded that Jazz was most influential during the Harlem Renaissance. ...

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