Popular culture (commonly known as pop culture) is the totality of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, memes, images and other phenomena that are deemed preferred per an informal consensus within the mainstream of a given culture, specifically Western culture of the early to mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the late 20th to 21st century. .(CITED FROM WIKIPEDIA)
Popular culture in my opinion can be described as the most well renowned activities and interests of society in specific regions of an area. Popular culture can be sports such as basketball, movies such as "The Terminator" and books such as "Twilight". Popular culture to others may be different considering the fact that everyone has different personalities. Popular culture is not something that has been around since the 200s or even the 1900s but since the beginning of mankind although mankind might not have realized it and/or given it the same name. if you and your friend decide to play a game such as Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, then whether you know it or not that game system is a form of popular culture. Most people do not pay attention, have never heard of the term popular culture and when they do, they automatically think its just a United States thing.
An example of Popular Culture is the TV show Everybody Hates Chris. Everybody Hates Chris is the childhood story of famous actor and comedian Chris Rock. The story takes place in Bed-Stuy during the 1980's. Chris(played by Tyler James Williams) seems to get in trouble every episode by his younger brother Drew, his younger sister Tonya, or simply by being himself. The show even though in the 1980s has many various racist situations. The title "Everybody Hates Chris"is a parody of the the " Everybody Loves Raymond". To find out more information about The show " Everybody Hates Chris" you can visit here
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