With the every growing N"Sync fan clubs and Britney clones, the world is turning into a stage for pop culture and its glamorous unattainable standards. ... Polygram also reported that one half of its three billion plus revenues has come from the evolution of foreign pop culture. ... This comes from evidence that American pop stars demand a higher sense of appreciation and perks compared to foreign stars that demand less and cut less exclusive record deals. ... Executives are not the only ones that are having an influence on the spread of culture through music around the world, celebrities ...

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I don't need to elaborate on this... if you don't know about the direct effect war had on the music of the 1960s (ergo, the music of today), go read a book. ... How would it change popular music as we know it? ... But I doubt it. 2) Pre-fabricated pop acts discover the creative process. ... Arguably the most important and inventive teeny-bopper pop act in the world, it took a social revolution to also make them the most important movers in popular culture since Thomas Paine. ... All forms of music - not just rock n' roll, but even country, jazz, chamber music, gospel... ...

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Global Music The global perspective of music: we live in an increasingly smaller "global village." ... The diversity of musical styles that exist in the United States includes Western European "classical" music (art music) and a number of "popular" music styles derived largely from Western European ways of making music. These styles include pop, folk, country, and rock. ... Also, music is sound that you want to hear as music, sound that is not organized in some fashion typically cannot be called music. ... Artistic qualities of Music: music maybe folk art, high art, or at any place i...

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The diversity of musical styles that exist in the United States includes Western European "classical" music (art music) and a number of "popular" music styles derived largely from Western European ways of making music. These styles include pop, folk, country, and rock. ... Also, music is sound that you want to hear as music, sound that is not organized in some fashion typically cannot be called music. ... Artistic qualities of Music: music maybe folk art, high art, or at any place in this continuum. Much music has attributes of both. ...

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Some of the branches are music, and the film industry. ... Throughout the decades, pop culture has become an important part of our lives. ... The year 1990 started big with rap and techno music. ... Pop culture has evolved a lot since the fifties to now. ... The further we go from pop culture, the closer it comes....

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It is let into people's homes through music, clothes and television. ... From rock and roll music to the way teenagers dress, many people associate pop culture with evil and the constant rebelling of adolescents. ... Pop culture has a great impact on Connie. ... She was too caught up in her pop culture dream world. Arnold and Connie are the very definition of pop culture and evil. ...

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Music more or less created the hippie culture. ... The sixties brought many new aspects to music. ... The Beatles changed rock "n roll and created pop music as they quickly became the trendsetters of America. ... They helped to reshape Rock "n roll into "Rock music" that was capable of introducing serious social issues into the mainstream of American culture, thus, becoming "Pop music" and not just mere commercial entertainment (Holland 46). ... Pop music culture, as we know it today, was created by Beatles. ...

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For instance, pop culture, the hip current trends and interests of people and gossip; technology, the advances today that control most Americans daily lives; and how these things positively and negatively affect the American culture today. ... She was also the prettiest person I had ever seen and, of course, I loved her music. ... Which brings me to my next point in pop culture, the music. The popular music today is completely different form even fifty years ago. ... My last point in pop culture influences is the reality television shows. ...

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Probably, the biggest commercialization that took place was that of music. In the 1920's, music became accessible to Americans from one coast to the other. ... Music like Jazz from new Orleans or hillbilly music from the south shot up in popularity and was listened to by people all across the country. Prior to this change, subgroups all had their own type of music. ... As with music this was changed dramatically with the commercialization of pop culture. ...

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The narrator says, "This was mine and Tyler's gift, our gift to the world." ( FC 1:1:00 ) We are all raised by Television ads and pop culture. ... We learn from advertising how to dress, what hair and make-up styles are fashionable, what bands are playing the coolest music, and more. ... Such influence can be thought of investing in pop culture. ... She is currently topping the charts with her music. ... Companies are willing to invest in the influence of pop culture icons of the entertainment industry because historically, famous stars have shaped the fads of the nation, whether or...

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Abstract Ravaged by war, violently pushed out of their home country, separated from their extended family and friends, and evacuated to a foreign country where they have no commonality, Vietnamese refugees faced the worst after the end of Vietnam War in 1975. Although they are caught between two ...

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Many things can be said about Madonna: unconventional, anti-institutional religion, feminist and gay movement icon, a shrewd business woman, and, as quoted in Pamela Robertson's book, Guilty Pleasures, "She's become a repository for all our ideas about fame, money, sex, feminism, pop-culture, even death." 1(Page 117) Michel Dion's essay, "Madonna in the French Press"2, reveals the reasons why the French Press react to Madonna in such an extreme fashion, and one reason would be what he calls the "religious transgression". (Page 285) To correctly understand Dion's findings an...

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Good Morning Mrs Parkinson and fellow students today I will try to better your knowledge of consumerism. First of all, what is Consumerism? The Macquarie Dictionary defines consumerism as a movement that aims to educate and inform society and protect them from dishonest trading practices. During...

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If we want to look at the world countries from a neutral view, we can easily reach the following opinion: "The powerful countries are becoming more powerful, the third world countries are becoming poorer in term of their economical situation."" If we search for the reasons of this gap between rich and poor; we may conclude this with education, politics, economy, and globalization etc. at this point. The globalization is defined as "the process by which social institutions become adopted on a global scale- in the dictionaries. From this definition it may seem as a good thing but the reality ...

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Their articles are classified under several categories namely Pop Culture, Music, Food, Art, and Literature. ... In their monthly posts of theme-based music playlists, the "album" art is done in a surreal collage of images. ... Rumi Magazine considers different forms of art such as music, literature, visual arts. ...

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Western media and pop culture has influenced our idealistic misconceptions and the way in which we interpret and understand the Orient. In an age where television and music dominate children's culture it is easy to fall victim to these false representations of the Oriental world, namely Asia and the Middle East. ... Diners can enjoy live traditional Moroccan music as they eat and have exotic belly dancers running around seductively dressed. ... Traditional Chinese music fills the air as you pass by dazzling pools and well-landscaped gardens. ...

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Now within these different mediums come different pop culture icons such as MTV, Cosmopolitan, and The New York Times. ... Whether it be a music video that subconsciously influences us, or a little quiz we take in Cosmopolitan, to see if our lover is compatible with us, it is obvious that many of us turn to these mediums for answers, sometimes without even realizing that they are affecting us. ...

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