Digital Communication 2001A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Raymond Williams
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Culture as the exclusive preserve of an educated elite: cultured people, fine art, food, money/power. Culture > the best which has been thought and said in the world". The poor were allegedly better off if educated in high cultural values, so they could appreciate their betters. For others culture is a form of popular democratic expression. According to raymond williams, culture has two senses: a whole way of life, and, arts and learning, culture he says is the ordinary in every society, raymond williams. For raymond williams, culture : widely distributed forms, pop music, publishing, art and design, movies & television o literature, leisure & entertainment activities (sport, clubs, bars and restaurants, stars and icons. Stuart hall - a third view of culture. In american pop culture to represent means to carry the name of a certain area or group.