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    manage the sudden changes in culture the community brings, they do know that each day in a store brings new products and different arrangements throughout the store to fit the consumer's needs. Specifically enough, each store creates an image for themselves that exemplifies the culture and shows us something about the times we live in at that moment. Hot Topic influences the way the consumer buys their products by integrating family friendly items and American pop culture within their products in order

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    local culture of Washington DC, Lebanon, and Colombia side by side. In addition, he also has the opportunities to explore different languages, such as English, Spanish, and French. He also knows the value of diversity. By the way, he got the chance to explore different cultures within his family. However, I think, the main opportunity provided by the globalization for him is that he is born and living in the United States with parents from two different nation and cultures

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    sometimes it is wealth, commonly religion, and other times race. But more often than not, identity is mainly defined by a combination of factors which take into account race, gender, and class. This paper will analyze the psychological effects of pop culture on identity by looking at specific case studies, generalized theories, and statistical change in mindsets overtime. Both logically and scientifically speaking, if the brain is physically altered, then the way one thinks is prone to change. Similarly

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    The term ‘popular culture’ holds different meanings depending on who’s defining it and the context of use. It is generally recognized as the vernacular or people’s culture that predominates in a society at a point in time. As Brummett explains in Rhetorical Dimensions of Popular Culture, pop culture involves the aspects of social life most actively involved in by the public. As the ‘culture of the people’, popular culture is determined by the interactions between people in their everyday activities:

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    Our culture has been influenced by people with power over the years. Nowadays, the American culture is more modernized and sophisticated compared to the twenty century. Popularity and the term "going viral" are some of the words that influence the most the new pop culture. These words basically describe how awesome is today’s society. Also, these words describe how a modern epic hero should be. For example, J. K. Rowling created “The Harry Potter Series” which is a hero that influence young generations

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    movie Footloose are perfect examples of change in pop culture. In my essay, I have decided to compare and contrast the values and characteristics of these two movies. From the first to the second there are the same basic ideas, but so many differences in the characters and events. Christ Lemire describes the old Footloose as a “flood of fond memories” for anyone who grew up in the 1980s. This movie was a true symbol of the growth of pop culture during this time. The main character, played by Kevin

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    “normal” have been slow to gain acceptance in the mainstream culture. However, the influence of pop culture has begun to change many views on what exactly is normal. The acceptance of different forms of sexuality is in large part due to pop culture. Pop culture has always been a precursor to what are now socially acceptable mainstream “norms”. Everything from music (rock, rap, metal), movies, reality TV, and tattoos, were all based in pop culture before being every day mainstream normal activities, and

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    American pop culture has taken the globe by storm due to how influential Western media is, which can have many positive, yet extremely negative outcomes. Especially during the 90’s when homophobia, toxic masculinity, and strict gender roles were so common that it was commonly discussed and joked about it shows many people grew up loving, such as Friends. Being set in the 90s, “Friends” takes place in Manhattan whilst telling the story of six white, straight, cisgender, friends who are tackling whatever

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    Everyone is surrounded by popular culture in our society today. It is everywhere. From watching TV, to reading magazines, being on social media, and just browsing the internet. Popular culture is the entirety of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, images, and other phenomena that are within the mainstream of a given culture. The question is popular culture good or bad? Pop Culture has a great impact on our society of today. The main problem with pop culture is that some people think that it can

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    What is pop culture? Wikipedia defines it as,”the entirety of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, memes, images, and other phenomena that are within the mainstream of a given culture”, at a given time. Like all things, the pop culture of a civilization grows and changes with the passage of time and important events. However, past events often can influence pop culture of the future, as it determines what a society may deem an important upcoming event to adapt to. Thusly, it is possible to see links

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