culture

Question 1

how is culture passed on from one generation to the next

Answer 1

through the process of socialisation

Question 2

what are 3 of the things in which Raymond Williams said the way of life of a group needed to include to create a culture?

Answer 2

-dominant values of society (same culture celebrating the same events)
-religious beliefs (following and worshiping certain leaders on certain days)
-highest intellectual and artistic achievements of a group (OBE’s, brits, baftas)

Question 3

Giddens view of culture

Answer 3

no culture could exist without societies but also no societies could exist without culture. Culture dictates how those institutions work by setting norms and by shaping expectations about the social roles people should play in those institutions

Question 4

dominant culture

Answer 4

the main culture within society which is shared by the majority of the popoulation.
-many believe this type of culture is determained by the most powerful in society (eg white males)

Question 5

high culture

Answer 5

the rich/upper class culture which have something that is considered superior (eg private education and owning land)

Question 6

folk culture

Answer 6

the culture of people.
-It is rooted in the experiences and everyday lives of communities which is actively created by normal people not simply consumed by them.

Question 7

mass culture

Answer 7

less worthy form of folk culture.
-a product of mass media and audience are only consumers of the culture which just follow what others do to fit into what is popular.

Question 8

pop culture

Answer 8

what is appreciated by a large number of people

Question 9

postmodernist view of high culture

Answer 9

growth of mass communication technology has meant that a range of cultural products from popular culture are now available to mass audience

Question 10

subculture

Answer 10

a culture within a culture.
-smaller groups made up of people with shared norms and values ehich exist within larger societies. (eg skinheads, they detach themselves from society norms and see their skin as a blank canvas to fill with tatoos)

Question 11

global culture

Answer 11

the way in which cultures in different countries of the world have become more alike sharing increasingly similar products and ways of like.