Technology in Three American Preschools

2011 ◽  
pp. 65-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison S. Henward
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Media And Technology ◽  
Culture Technology

This chapter explores the marriage of popular culture images, media and technology and the manner in which these are implemented in preschool settings. Discussing parents’ choices and teacher’s opinions, this chapter examines popular culture in children’s lives as social symbols. It is specifically concerned with the manner in which social class and preschool ideology contribute to or detract from children’s access to popular culture technology.

Ariel and Buzz Lightyear are Coming to School

2011 ◽  
pp. 96-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison Sterling Henward
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Popular Culture ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Preschool Teachers ◽  
The United States ◽  
School Environments ◽  
Technology In The Classroom ◽  
Home And School ◽  
Class Play ◽  
Culture Technology

This chapter will examine how preschool teachers can facilitate the use of popular culture oriented technology in the classroom. Acknowledging that ideology and social class play a major role in the inclusion/ rejection of popular culture technology children interact with in the United States, this chapter outlines the approaches teachers can take in understanding (and in some cases incorporating) popular culture technology into the classroom to more effectively bridge home and school environments.

Media, Technology, and New Religious Movements

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon Trosper Schorey
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Religious Pluralism ◽  
Religious Movements ◽  
New Religious Movements ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Information Control ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Significant Distinction ◽  
Media And Technology

Since the first edition of theOxford Handbook of New Religious Movements(2004), the growing field of media, religion, and culture has moved at a rapid clip. The previous emphases on theoretical approaches that imagined a significant distinction between online and offline practices has been largely replaced by approaches that attend to the entanglement of digital and physical worlds. Research within this new analytical turn speaks about the Internet and religion in terms of third spaces, distributed materialities or subjectivies, and co-constitutive histories and locations. Highlighted within these works are the negotiations and intersections of consumer practices, popular culture, information control and religious pluralism online. As the field continues to develop, theoretical approaches that emphasize entanglement will help disclose the various relationships of power by which the material practices of religion, media, and technology are produced - allowing scholars to trace robust histories of multiplicity by which the contemporary imaginaries of religion, media, and technology are inherited.

scholarly journals McLuhanian Perspective of Facebook

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Areen Fawwaz Aldardasawi
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Technological Medium ◽  
The World ◽  
Media And Technology ◽  
Day By Day

As we live in the epoch of popular culture, it is very important to understand it and study its dimensions as well as their influences upon society. Technology is a very salient manifestation of popular culture that has brought substantial changes to the world. Thus, we have to be aware of the effects and the potential effects that technology may have upon us. One type of technology is Facebook which is the most popular social network website in terms of the number of members and visitors. As a virtual society, Facebook is growing more and more popular day by day. In this article, Facebook, as a technological medium, is going to be measured and explained according to Marshall McLuhan's perspective of media and technology. Therefore, we will try to explain, in McLuhan's words, how Facebook is considered a "message" as well as a "cool" or "hot" medium. In addition, there will be an attempt to discerning the reasons why people are very attached to such a virtual social life

scholarly journals Who Marries Whom on Silver Screen? Religion and Social Class in Marriage Patterns in Contemporary Indonesian Films

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Nabhan F Choiron ◽  
Evi Eliyanah
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Asian Financial Crisis ◽  
Marriage Patterns ◽  
Important Site ◽  
Economic Outlook

Popular culture, where cinema is part, is an important site where ideas of acceptable and unacceptable marriage pairing is confirmed and/or contested. In any cinema tradition, including Indonesian, romance films offer a rich site to investigate broader societal ideals around who should or should not marry whom. In this article, we report our study on conjugal pairing patterns in Indonesian blockbuster films produced and released between 2008 and 2018. We investigate how protagonists in the films decide whom they marry; this question then led us to critically examine the extent to which religion and social class shape marriage decisions. The findings show that marriage pairing patterns on Indonesian silver screen during the period are largely assortative; the characters in the selected films tend to marry people adhering to the same religion and belonging to the same social class as themselves. The increasingly visible trend of religious endogamy and the sustained trend of class homogamy are inseparable from the heightened Islamization in the post authoritarian era, the improving economic outlook at the macro and micro levels in the post Asian financial crisis, as well as the promotion of gender equality during the period.

scholarly journals The Parasite of Society: Food and Class Studies in Bong Joon-ho’s Film Parasite

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-13
Author(s):  
Emily Turner
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Popular Culture ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Food Studies ◽  
Scholarly Work ◽  
Class Inequality ◽  
Award Winning ◽  
Class Status

The role that food plays in film typically has more meaning than a viewer might realize at first. Often viewers watch movies for entertainment without analyzing the context that the food in each scene provides to the richness of the plot. For example, Bong Joon-ho’s 2019 award-winning film Parasite thrills its audience while warning them about the dangers of capitalism and class disparity. Despite the popularity of this film, the aspect of food was quietly forgotten even though it enhances the movie’s theme. Bong intentionally placed food in this film to signify class status which further divides the Park and Kim families. While this is a critically acclaimed film, there is not much scholarship devoted to food studies concerning social class in Parasite; therefore, I am drawing upon movie reviews as well as scholarly work about food in media. In doing this, I have studied Parasite through lenses of socio-economic theory as well as food theory to analyze how food is used in the film. Food involves more than simply preparing ingredients and consuming the final product, especially when used in media and popular culture: it often provides deeper meaning that must be examined in order to know what is truly being said. In the film Parasite, food is the vehicle that Bong uses to signify social status, and furthermore, it signals class disparities between the wealthy and impoverished. Beyond the film, Bong uses food to warn his audience how class inequality could be the downfall, the parasite, of society.

scholarly journals MENGAJUKAN ANALISIS KELAS SOSIAL DALAM MEMBACA IKLAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 212
Author(s):  
Arizal Mutahir
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Social Class ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
Class Analysis ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
Consumption Behavior ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Lower Social Class ◽  
The Relationship

Many studies on advertising in Indonesia have been conducted. The discussions are mostly about the influence of advertising on consumers. However, such studies often slip into a deterministic understanding. Actions are understood as behaviors merely influenced by external factors. The study of advertising deals with the relationship between the subject's intentions, actions, and the meanings contained in the advertisement. Thus, it not only discusses the influence of advertising on consumption behavior, but also requires a study of representation in advertising. Unfortunately, some studies of advertising representation have not touched the theme of the representation of social classes, as if advertisements don't talk about social classes explicitly. The absence of social class analysis in advertisement study tends to disguise the actual conditions of the society. Using the method of semiotic analysis to read advertisements on television as the subject of the study, this paper aims to show that images of social class are still present in advertisements. This paper finds that social class images in advertisements are stereotyped. The lower social class is described as a social class that is dominated and is doing a class-passing. Based on the findings, this paper argues that the analysis of social classes is still required to examine any forms of popular culture such as advertising and, at the same time, can show the actual conditions of social classes in the society.

scholarly journals Fesyen Akademik sebagai Alternatif Kebaruan dalam Budaya Populer

Panggung ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lois Denissa
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Communicative Function ◽  
Ideal Body ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
The City ◽  
Descriptive Method

ABSTRACTFashion is not enough just to act as a protective body for weather,disease disorders,neatness and decency reasons. Fashion in its development has proven to be a medium of communication that expresses taste, attitude, gender, identity, trend, ethnicity, social class and culture. Research that uses analytical descriptive method has expanded the communicative function of fashion. The mass media has become a synergistic industrial agent in giving persuasion to modern women both in the city and region. Women tend to be enamored with the flow of ads in order to appear up to date and fetish ideal body like women in advertising. Advertising modelsare always displayed with beautiful, charming features highlight the sensual body. The academic fashion that puts research and creativity as the basis of work has countered the fashion advertising. Academic fashion contributes to popular culture by creating innovation that inspire modern women with layered messages.Keywords: AcademicFashion, Communication,Layered Message , Popular CultureABSTRAKFesyen sebagai busana tidak cukup hanya berperan sebagai pelindung tubuh atas gangguan cuaca dan penyakit, atau alasan kerapian dan kesopanan. Fasyen dalam perkembangannya terbukti telah menjadi media komunikasi yang mengungkapkan selera, sikap, gender, identitas, tren, etnisitas, kelas sosial dan budaya. Penelitian yang menggunakan metode diskriptif analitis ini memperlebar fungsi komunikatif fesyen. Media massa telah menjadi agen industri yang sinergis dalam memberi bujuk rayu kepada perempuan modern baik di kota maupun di daerah. Perempuan cenderung terpikat mengikuti arus iklan agar dapat tampil up to date dan menggemari pemujaan akan tubuh yang ideal layaknya perempuan dalam iklan. Model iklan selalu disiasati dengan paras cantik, menawan dan menonjolkan tubuh yang sensual. Fesyen akademik yang menempatkan penelitian dan kreativitas sebagai basis berkarya telah membantah fesyen iklan. Fesyen akademik ikut mengisi budaya popular dengan menciptakan kebaruan yang mampu menginspirasi perempuan modern dengan pesan yang berlapis.Kata Kunci: Budaya Populer, Fesyen Akademik, Komunikasi, Pesan Berlapis 

Tort Tales, Gold Diggers, and the Crusade against Heart Balm

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 394-410
Author(s):  
Brian Donovan
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Great Depression ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Concerted Effort ◽  
The Great Depression

Beginning in the early 1930s, US citizens made a concerted effort to ban lawsuits for breach of promise, seduction, criminal conversation, and alienation of affection. By 1940, ten states had outlawed so-called heart balm torts. Yet there is no empirical evidence that rates of heart balm lawsuits were increasing. This article analyzes 1930s media representations to show how the movement against heart balm grew from “tort tales” about allegedly outrageous lawsuits. Heart balm narratives drew from stylized representations of “gold diggers” found in popular culture, and they reflected divisions around gender and social class exacerbated by the Great Depression.

scholarly journals ESPO and Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education Section Symposium: A New Normal in Teaching? Incorporating Unconventional and Creative Ideas Into Gerontology Curriculum

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 195-195
Author(s):  
Lauren Bouchard ◽  
Yan-Jhu Su ◽  
Marilyn Gugliucci
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Popular Culture ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Classroom Activities ◽  
Current Events ◽  
Classroom Conversations ◽  
Political Office ◽  
Culture Technology

Abstract This symposium is intended to highlight novel, applied examples and classroom activities in gerontology curriculum. In accordance with the AGHE gerontological education competencies, these authors will provide insightful and fun connections to arts/humanities, popular culture, technology, and current events to inspire conversation, interest, self-reflection, and empathy in the classroom. The first author will discuss social media (e.g., TikTok) as a segue to difficult classroom conversations regarding negative stereotypes and ageism in society. Presenter two will discuss cross-field educational connections between music education and gerontology. Next, presenter three will put present a unique activity regarding technology, homeownership, and retirement with a competitive flair. Presenter four utilizes documentary to encourage empathy in nursing. Finally, presenter five will present a timely class debate regarding United States political office and ageism that is sure to create lively and relevant conversation.

scholarly journals All the young dudes: educational capital, masculinity and the uses of popular music

Popular Music ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Branch
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Educational Capital ◽  
Gendered Identity ◽  
Construction Of Self

AbstractSince its emergence in the early 1970s, glam rock has been theoretically categorised as a moment in British popular culture in which essentialist ideas about male gendered identity were rendered problematic for a popular music audience. Drawing on a Bourdieusian theoretical framework, the article argues that while this reading of glam is valid, insufficient attention has been given to an examination of the relevance of educational capitalvis-à-visthe construction of self-identity in relation to glam. It is therefore concerned with raising questions about social class in addition to interrogating questions of gender. The article draws on the ethno-biographies of a sample of glam's original working class male fans: original interviews with musicians and writers associated with glam, as well as published biographical accounts. In doing so it contends that glam's political significance is better understood as a moment in popular culture in which an educationally aspirant section of the male working-class sought to express its difference by identifying with the self-conscious performance of a more feminised masculinity it located in glam.

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