COM 107 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Low Culture, Postmodern Culture, High Culture
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Be able to identify examples: ideas are passed down through generations, this helps to maintain and develop the society, media exposure can occur in two ways. Active means that a person is seeking out media. Low culture? be able to identify examples of both: societies tend to arrange themselves in hierarchical categories. These different socioeconomic classes of people enjoy different aspects of culture and in return entire levels of culture are dedicated to them (skyscraper effect): high culture is things such as the ballet, symphony, art museums, and classical literature. It is characterized by good taste , fine art, well- educated and wealthy people: low culture includes soap operas, rock music, and video games. It includes the tastes of the masses , including many commercial goods, generally towards youth: what are the 4 values of modern culture and the 4 values of post-modern culture.
