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• Culture


  That complex whole which encompasses beliefs, practices, values, attitudes, laws, norms, artifacts, symbols, knowledge, and everything that a person learns and shares as a member of the society
• Popular Culture


  Consists of other aspects of attitudes, behaviors, beliefs, customs, and tastes that define the people of any society
• Pop Culture


  Involves the aspects of social life most actively involved by the public. It is widely 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
• Pop Culture


  The products and forms of expression and identity frequently encountered or widely accepted, commonly liked, or approved and characteristic of a particular society at a given time
• Characteristics of Pop Culture

  • Associated with commercial products
  • Develops from a local to a global level
  • Achieves widespread consumer access
  • Constantly changing and evolving
• Resisting Pop Culture


  • Refuses to engage with them
  • Social Roles
  • Targeted at profits of corporation
• Philippines (Post-War)
• 1950s


  • Ramon Magsaysay
  • Wearing Barong Tagalog
  • Golden Age of Philippine Cinema
• 1960s


  • Miss Universe (Philippines First Win)
• 1970s


  • Pope John Paul II (visitation)
  • Declaration of Martial Law
• 1980s


  • Batibot
  • That's Entertainment
• 1990s


  • Rise of Rap music
• 2000s


  • Rise of Asianovelas
• Culture


  Can be used to refer to a general process of intellectual, spiritual, and aesthetic development
• Culture


  Might suggest a particular way of life, whether of a people, a period, or a group
• Culture


  Can be used to refer to the works and practices of intellectual and especially artistic activity
• Symbols


  Stand for something else and often evoke various reactions and emotions. A symbol can be a strong motivator, a show of status, or even an act of defiance
• Swastika


  • Means peace for the Buddhists; Death of six million Jews for the Nazis
• Language


  A key symbol of any culture. It can be spoken or written
• Values


  Commonly accepted standards of what is considered right and wrong, good and evil, fair and unfair, etc.
• Types of Values


  • Ideal Values- are values members profess to hold
  • Real Values- are values that guide actual behavior
• Norms


  Standards and expectations for behaving
• Types of Norms


  • Formal norms also called mores and laws, refer to the standards of behavior considered the most important in any society
  • Informal norms also called folkways and customs refer to the standard of behavior that is less important
• Rituals


  Established procedures and ceremonies that often mark transitions in the life course
• Rituals in the Philippines

  • Circumcision for boys
  • Wedding rituals (sab-ong, principal sponsors, etc.)
  • Funeral rituals (gambling, death certificate, wearing of black dress, etc)
  • Housewarming rituals
• Functionalist Perspective


  Based on the assumption that the society is composed of many interrelated parts that systematically work together to serve the needs of the society
• Functionalism was postulated by Emile Durkheim
• Functionalist Perspective


  An institution only exists because it serves a vital role in the functioning of society. If it no longer serves a role, an institution will die away. When new needs evolve or emerge, new institutions will be created to meet them
• Conflict Theory


  Focuses on the competition among members of the social group over scarce resources (i.e., struggle for power, money, fame, protection, control, position, ownership, and another economic or social gain)
• Examples of Conflict Theory

  • Local competitions- beauty pageants, sports
  • Popularity/power- school, community, government, workplace, neighborhood, business world, etc.
  • War- WW1, WW2, Korean War, Vietnam War, Hiroshima Bombing
• Symbolic Interactionism


  The theory assumes that we are all free to construct our sense of morality throughout our engagement in everyday social life. It focuses on face–to–face interactions of people and how they interpret each other's actions
• Examples of social issues


  • Abortion
  • Gay marriage
  • Marital rape and Physical abuse
  • Child labor
  • Unemployment
  • Poverty
  • Materialism
  • Social media propagating bad vices
  • Climate change
  • Mental health
• Principles in Symbolic Interactionism

  • Meaning - message intended to convey
  • Language - refers to symbols for debating meaning
  • Thinking principle - it requires understanding; going beyond personal assumptions and truths
• Global Culture


  A set of shared experiences, norms, symbols, and ideas that unite people at the global level
• Cultures can exist at the global, national, regional, city, neighborhood, subculture, and super-culture levels. Such cultures are not mutually exclusive but overlap in countless ways
• Examples of Global Culture


  • Business: Shared business habits, conventions, and expectations
  • Sport: Shared sports for enjoyment and competition
  • Holidays and Pastimes: Celebrated holidays and events in diverse manners but with commonalities to some degree at the global level
  • Fashion: Trendy styles, designs, or materials that quickly spread and are adopted by people globally
  • Diplomacy: Shared conventions and norms of international diplomacy
  • Professions: Shared professional culture such as norms, ideas, information, knowledge, and symbols that would promote professional development
  • Language: The desire to adopt a common language that could be used internationally in business, education, and other engagement across borders
  • Travel: Exchanged norms and conventions for international travelers
  • Belief: Religious practices and rituals, philosophies, and other beliefs are shared and practiced by people in the global world
  • Arts and Music: Shared various forms of arts and music of different genres and styles making people of varied cultures enjoy and appreciate the value of commonalities and taste in arts and music
  • Education: Shared educational norms and philosophies that would develop the full capacities of students at an international level
• Influence of global culture on local pop culture

  • Change the local phenomenon to be more global
  • Spread of cultural diversity and the possibility of people accessing any culture that they want to know about become easier
  • It may eliminate cultural diversity
  • Pluralism in culture will enhance peace and understanding between nations
  • Economics creates a global market because of globalization
  • Stronger countries try to inspire the language of other countries
• Truths about Local Pop Culture

  • Pop culture is market-driven
  • Pop culture is fluid
  • Pop culture is entertaining
  • Pop culture is unifying
• Benefits of Globalization


  • It has led to robust and sharp economic growth and financial exchanges
  • Opened the world of finance making the exchange of capital easier
  • Increased human exchanges pave the way to cultural exchanges (customs, traditions, habits, etc.)
• Culture Shock


  A psychological discomfort when engaging in a new cultural situation