This is combined with the relentless global marketing machine marketing glittering western pop music to the world. This global homogenisation of music was illustrated in a recent Reuters article ion which South African musicologist Andrew Tracey said that, " Globalisation is a big threat to traditional African Music-3 and that, " in cities and the more developed regions such as South Africa, modern music and imported culture are overwhelming tradition. ...

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Combined with the songs" melodies and lyrics, music videos along with the images of artists in pop culture today are powerful tools that can tattoo human minds and shape the attitudes of many. ... (Lecture Notes) In addition to cultures sharing dominant beliefs, television programming creates patterns regarding outcomes to various situations. ... (Bryant & Thompson 103) Sexism and the exploitation of women is a part of the learned mainstream American culture. Hip-hop culture is frequently condemned for its use of women as sex objects, but with mainstream American ideas being embedded into ...

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Generation X was created by the media and was given its name because of a popular British punk rock band which consisted of the pop icon, Billy Idol. ... Each class has its own way of contributing to culture and society. ... As mentioned earlier, media and pop-culture play a large role in how a generation is viewed. ...

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It is what a culture considers to be worthy and desirable. A culture is the learned values, beliefs, language, symbols, and patterns of behavior shared by people in a society and passed on from generation to generation. ... Three shows that are on VH1 that cater to this are Behind the Music, Hard Rock Live, and Pop up video. ...

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There are many figures in the entertainment industry that have had significant impacts on our culture. ... Some mothers would have not wanted their children watching Madonna's videos, or reading her book, yet they know that Madonna has evolved a pop culture from the moment she released her first album, to today's day in age where she is still shocking audiences with her controversial lyrics and actions. ...

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Also, the way society views certain genres of music can affect the music preferences of children, especially with the pop culture stigma. ... "Pop" or popular music has become very explicit in their references to drugs, sex, and violence over the years and it does have different effects on kids (Fuld 1). ...

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Some talked about normal pop culture subjects like: relationships, break-ups and other common subjects; but at the same time there were artists that were discussing pretty openly political and social issues. ... Its music fashioned the ideas of peace and love and was illustrated musically (because, we can easily say that the hippie movement had a musical revolution at it's core) by artists like Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, etc San Francisco was bursting with rock activity and it became the center for the hippie culture. ...

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Television and Sexual Messages Fifteen year-old Laurie was rushed to the emergency room with acute pain in her lower abdomen. Doctors initially suspected appendicitis but during surgery they discovered something worse. Laurie suffered from pelvic inflammatory disease that was caused by either chlam...

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