The common culture is produced by the masses ... it is rather a culture generated either by the ruling masses or by representatives of the intelligentsia in the employment of that mass, for the consumption of the people.Question 15Select one:TrueFalse

Popular culture does not imitate a factory that produces uniform cultural goods — films, radio, magazines, etc. –which are used to exploit passivity in mass society. Question 9Select one:TrueFalse

The concept of ‘culture’ means all of the following EXCEPT that:Question 17Select one:a.humans lack a common heritage, a general human cultureb.immigrating to another society often presents many difficultiesc.some cultures think deep fried bugs are a tasty treatd.societies differ in their customs and religious practices

The confusion in the use of the term culture is that which arises when it is closelyassociated with civilization, so closely associated as to be identified with it. The termwhen it is used in its most general sense is often made to include both culture andcivilization.(1)

The term ‘popular culture’ holds different meanings depending on who’s defining it and the context of use. It is generally recognized as the vernacular or people’s culture that predominates in a society at a point in time. As Brummett explains in Rhetorical Dimensions of Popular Culture, pop culture involves the aspects of social life most actively involved in by the public. As the ‘culture of the people’, popular culture is determined by the interactions between people in their everyday activities: styles of dress, the use of slang, greeting rituals and the foods that people eat are all examples of popular culture.Brummett defines pop culture as an amalgamation of various cultural aspects of society.Pop culture is understood as the predominant vernacular of society at a given point of time.Pop culture represents the everyday activities of people such as dress, slang, rituals and foods.Pop culture has several contextual meanings that change from person to person.

The culture of a human group is a suite of shared traditions that together are unique compared to other groups.Group of answer choicesTrueFalse