This week in Communication and Culture I have learnt about different types of people who have thoughts upon cultures. One person we have learnt about is Matthew Arnold who is a 19th century writer and critic. He is famous for his series of essaysn called 'Culture and Anarchy'. He believes that culture is 'The best that is thought and said in the world'. He believed that people should be educated to have a taste in high culture which will prevent anarchy. He also believes that the arts makes you a better person.
High culture includes things such as Operas, Arts and people such as Shakespeare. We also learnt about F.R. Leavis and Storey.
This week we also learnt about Popular Culture and discussed things such as mass communication (T.V, Radio, Computers, Internet, Email etc). Subcultures are people who are outside of mainstream culture such as people like Emos, Goths, Punks).
Popular cultures includes things such as supporting a football team and then having their scarfs and attending their matches. Watching certain television programmes and listening to chart music is also a type of popular culture. Films, clothing and books can also be included under this culture depending on the types for example Converse are a popular clothing and therefore is a popular culture. I spoke about things I do within a popular culture which includes watching some reality television programmes such as The Call Centre and I skate too which is a cultural activity. Although they are 'popular' things to do, there are negatives to the popular culture groups such as they can be addictive and if you do not follow the norm of a popular culture then you can be rejected and are not accepted in society.
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