Culture | |Copyright © 2011, 2010, 2006, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This is an introductory course on modern American culture. The course focuses on the interactions between social forces such as advertising, media, and lifestyle and cultural trends in modern American society. Students are asked to cast a critical eye on current trends and changes in our culture. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible
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entertainment is available to those who are wealthy. With the radio common people can enjoy music and stay informed about events. Apparently before the introduction of TV and internet, Radio served hugely as the human instinct to know about events that were occurring around him and in far areas. The views and spicy discussions that were ran by experts after news to generate more interest in events in social and political life is what made radio a powerful tool in disseminating information. (Aylesworth
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When people think and/or hear the word graffiti, they relate it to gangs and vandalism to property. Other people see it has a way to express and communicate with others. Graffiti artist or “writers” as they prefer to be called are passionate, skilled, community- oriented, and socially conscious in ways that profoundly contradict the way they’ve been portrayed as common criminals and vandals. Graffiti has a negative stigma that typically relates to crime. To the artist, they are not committing
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the culture in which they are found. Likewise, any given culture can be represented by a multitude of art forms. For example, one of the discussion groups focused on the piece of Shona sculpture from Zimbabwe. Just as unique is traditional Shona music. While acting in different ways, both are reflective of their particular culture. Art is a useful way of indicating the change in a culture over time. The group I was part of discussed Aboriginal dreamtime painting. In recent years, printmaking has
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Australian setting while still conforming to the original social and political commentary of the play. In the modernised Mother Courage Enoch made crucial decisions in order to comply with the variety of techniques used by Brecht, he has incorporated music, narration, gestus, frequent change of character, the stage was minimal, as were the props and amount of characters. The play, like the majority of Brecht plays, has a strong moral, social and political meaning, which provokes a reaction amongst
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be a bit puzzling to put together how I’ve come to appreciate and find the ability to analyze a genre of music as profound and bodacious, as well as braggadocious and culture centric, as Hip-Hop is. The answer lies within what makes the genre so great, passion. I have been unendingly passionate about the lyrical schemes and powerful sounds of Hip-Hop since I was first introduced to the music around age ten. Fast-forward ten years later and my appreciation has grown exponentially.
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Tommy Lee Jones narrating about himself and past law enforcement officers. I was a little frustrated to think I was going to have to listen to him throughout the entire film. I then realized that little commentary in the opening scene set the movie for what it became. The complexity of moral and social implications would have anyone in the situation Josh Brolin’s character faces, in a bind. Would you take the money or go to the authorities? The Coen brothers have a unique way of capturing the audience
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about the nation, but both used their writings to bring awareness about the follies of society. Hurston and Fitzgerald challenge the preconceived status quo of a perfect and progressive American society—set with values such as separate but equal, social classes, consumer culture, and so on—through their respective essay and novel, the former dealing with the erasure of African American culture due
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For all of the focus on global branding in recent years, the Super Bowl remains first and foremost a U.S. pop-culture event. Many of the 100 million-plus viewers watch in a group, whether at a party or with family. My student groups were asked to rate the best Super Bowl ads of all time using celebrities and animals. An overwhelming majority of their top picks were ads from iconic Americana brands such as Budweiser, Pepsi, McDonalds, Coca-Cola, Nike and Chrysler. This generalization makes a lot
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A great deal of my activist work has been centered around race, trans rights, and feminism. Most of my friends and peers tell me that they “look forward” to my commentary on social media about the latest news and event. As a black, queer, and trans individual, intersectionality is something I think about constantly, and I channel my organizing efforts into these causes as they heavily affect my life and the spaces I navigate on a daily basis. I was an organizer for the Womxn’s March on Seattle,
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