Hey guys, I'm doing Social Inclusion and Exclusion and Popular Culture (specifically rock n roll music).
However here's something that I'm struggling with in regards to PC. When it talks about a question regarding the role the media plays in the demand for popular culture, most people tend to talk about television/the radio and whatnot. However, my teacher said to address the question in a different way and silly me forgot exactly what he said. I know you guys don't do popular culture, but how would you address a question like that?
You can probably relate the question to these concepts~
Persons: The media and people work together in order to form the basis of pop culture. Without the people, the media has no audience to accomodate for.
Society: Pop culture is very prominent in our society. We see it everywhere, hence of it being 'popular'. It's evident in all MMM levels because of the media. Popular culture brings in groups of people together and creates a collective identity. Therefore society's identity is influenced by the pop culture that is prevalent in every aspect of our society
Time: the media and pop culture have worked consistently throughout time
Technologies: straight forward (though you did mention your teacher didn't want you to address the question in this direction. but i think it's worth mentioning)
Due to the prevalence of pop culture in society (driven by the media), the media tries to promote pop culture to accomodate for the huge demand (because it is the norm in society). Of course, technology is a definite factor to how pop culture is delivered to individuals in society, as it is accessible to everyone. But pop culture also become apart of the overall consumer culture of our society, as some parts of society depend on pop culture for their identity.
^^ That's just my personal take on the question. I don't see how you can't mention television/radio/etc. in your response as the media IS what makes up pop culture imo. Hope this helps in some way ...