PPC

• The entertainment category encompasses varied forms of media, but it usually includes television, film, music, and literature. This category also covers celebrities and artists, to name a few. Examples include K-Pop, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Lea Salonga, and the Coen Brothers.
• The news category covers any news event that has gained significant attention -- intentional or otherwise, positive or negative, which has shaped public opinion about it. It includes people and events. Examples include the murder of Junko Furuta.
• The sports category covers anything related to traditional sports, including printed merchandise and icons and electronic sports (or eSports). Examples include the NBA, GLOCO, Mobile Legends (or ML), and Bea Binene.
• Raymond Schuck: 'Culture is a way of living, covering traditions, values, beliefs, behaviors, daily tasks, rituals, social norms, and rules agreed upon by a group of people'
• Major spectra of culture

  • High culture, Popular culture, Folk culture
• Matthew Arnold: 'Culture is "the best that has been thought and said in the world"'
• Icons representing high culture

  • Wolfgang Mozart's The Magic Flute
  • Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali
  • Lucresia Kasilag's Philippine Scenes
  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker
• Contributions to rich and diverse iconography by different countries

  • Japan: J-Pop, visual kei, anime, crazy-upbeat local commercials
  • United Kingdom: The Beatles, Spice Girls, Doctor Who, Mr. Bean
  • United States: Elvis Presley, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Vogue, Ted Bundy, Coen Brothers
  • South Korea: K-Pop, The Body Shop, Samsung, K-Drama
  • Cuba: Che Guevara
  • Mexico: Selena Quintanilla
  • Philippines: Trese, Manny Pacquiao, Lea Salonga, Ben Cab, Bob Ong
• Arnold feared collapse of culture with working-class men entering politics, suggesting an elitist perspective
• High culture is associated with intellectual discourse, high-brow comedy, and elaborate literature reflecting the best aesthetics of a society
• Culture is observed through social "cliques" with shared hobbies, conversations, and norms
• Culture


  A way of living covering traditions, values, beliefs, behaviors, daily tasks, rituals, social norms, and rules agreed upon by a group of people
• Gitanjali is a collection of poems written by the late Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore which talks about man's beliefs and spirituality. It is one of many important cultural heritages of India
• Folk culture remains stable over time as long as people practice it but varies across geographies
• The Nutcracker is a famous Christmas ballet performed worldwide. It was composed and written by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. It is so iconic; many people associate Christmastime with watching The Nutcracker
• If high culture encompasses the intellectual and sophisticated aspects of culture, and folk culture represents the exclusive representation of culture, the middleman is popular culture
• Popular culture can be intricately defined in six ways according to John Storey
• Examples of folk culture components

  • Songs such as Paruparong Bukid, Atin Cu Pung Singsing, Leron, Leron Sinta
  • Dances such as Tinikling, Singkil, Pandanggo sa Ilaw
  • Festivals such as Ati-Atihan, Higantes, Sinulog
  • Folk icons such as Malakas and Maganda, Pilandok, various mythological gods and entities
• The orchestral music Philippine Scenes by Lucresia Kasilag utilizes our country's folk musical instruments and includes some vocal noises. These elements invoke a sense of locality Filipinos reminisce about during festivals and viewing local sceneries
• Popular culture is defined as the collection of traditions and material culture of a particular society, accessible to the general population
• Folk culture is described as something shared first in a certain group of people before being disseminated to the general population. It includes traditions, music, and practices exclusive to a certain group until shared with others
• The working and lower classes get to decide which aspects of popular culture are popular and which ones will fade
• Popular culture is authentic, created by the people, instead of commercial
• Popular culture is considered a tool the elites use to suppress or take advantage of the masses
• Categories of Popular Culture

  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • News
  • Politics
  • Lifestyle
  • Technology
• Lifestyle category

  • Fashion
  • Art
  • Dance
  • Language
  • Food trends
  • Visual artists
  • Cosplays
  • Celebrity chefs
• Technology category


  • Social media
  • Gadgets
  • Video games
  • Internet culture
• In popular culture today, users are free to embrace manufactured content, alter it for their own use, or create their own content
• News category

  • News events that have gained significant attention
  • People and events
• Entertainment category


  • Television
  • Film
  • Music
  • Literature
  • Celebrities
  • Artists
• In the postmodern world, the distinction between "authentic" versus "commercial" in popular culture is blurred
• Popular culture can be defined as commercial objects that are produced for mass consumption by non-discriminating consumers
• The working class can now contribute to the development of culture and decide which aspects will stay and which will fade
• Popular culture is folk culture, something that arises from the people rather than imposed upon them
• Politics category

  • Politicians
  • Political events
• Popular culture is negotiated, partly imposed on the dominant classes and partially resisted or changed by the subordinate classes
• Sports category

  • Traditional sports
  • Printed merchandise
  • Icons
  • Electronic sports (eSports)
• Subculture


  A particular culture contained in a larger culture, supporting the notion of exclusivity
• Counterculture - Hippie culture


  • Advocated for peace, sexual exploration, liberation, and legalization of recreational drugs in the American 1960s
• Subculture - High culture


  • Ballet, part of the Philippine high subculture