SOCY 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Bourgeoisie, Izzy Young, Lead Belly

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 122
• Professor: Rob Beamish

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Socy 122 - introduction to sociology - lecture 11: popculture. Film, the popular press benefited most from mas consumption. Expanding economy, bourgeoisie, blue collared laborers threw their increase in pay purchasing power and the strength of the democratic nature helped popular culture to emerge and thrive. Homogeneous popular culture would have endured if not been for several factors: American society of composers, authors and publishers. Near monopoly control broadway, movies, radio. Jukebox was the internet download of society, allowed musicians to gain necessary exposure. Federal communications commission and radio licenses: three majors cbs, nbc, mutual and local stations. Television the new medium opened radio market as oligopoly shifted its focus: controlling entertainment, the revolutionary transistor radio. As money went to television, music was back seated. Was that all just parts of some whole: simulacra likeness, something that shares a likeness with another thing, conveys identity.