Paper , Order, or Assignment Requirements

1. Do a search online, find and share at least one definition for popular culture (NOT Wikipedia). Be sure to include proper APA-formatted in-text citations and full references (See weekly Lessons for citation formatting help)

2. How does Grazian (2010) define popular culture? Be sure to include proper APA-formatted in-text citations and full references (See weekly Lessons for citation formatting help)

3. Compare and contrast the definition you found for popular culture with Grazian’s (2010) definitions. How are they similar/ different?

4. Based on these definitions, what do you believe is the most significant agent of popular culture (i.e. food, TV, fashion, internet, sports, etc.)? Why?

5. Discuss one assumption/belief you had about popular culture before starting this class. Have this week’s readings challenged this assumption/belief? Why/why not?

The Week 1 Forum meets the following course objectives:
• Compare and contrast culture, popular, high culture, elite culture, mass culture, low culture, subculture and counterculture.
• Describe the cultural and social significance of popular culture in shaping the larger contemporary American society.
• Examine the roles of print media, art, music, radio, television, motion picture, the Internet, sports, fashion, and technology in the development of American popular culture.