Transcript Pop Culture VS. Folk Culture place

Pop Culture VS. Folk Culture
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Pop culture varies more in time than in
place
Folk culture varies more in place than in
time
Popular Housing styles from the
1940s
Diffusion of Popular Culture
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Popular culture flourishes in areas that
have the means to acquire the products of
it.
People the live in MDCs have the income,
time and inclination to adopt popular
culture.
Often people in LDCs may have the
inclination but not the means
Rapid diffusion of Popular clothing
styles
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Pop culture clothing habits reveal its distribution
across the landscape with little regard for
environment
In MDCs clothing often reflects occupations
rather than environments
Income also impacts clothing styles
Improved communication has impacted fashion
industry
Fashion powerhouses->factories in Asia->chain
stores
The story of jeans
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Associated with low status laborers and farmers
1960s gained popularity
Levis jeans vs. local brands
Asians like the button fly
Jeans brought down the USSR?
After the end of communism, jeans store
opened selling Levi’s for about $50—a week’s
wages for a typical Russian
MDCs
The Drinkers and the Snackers!!!
High income and national
advertising
States that have a high incidence of consumption of Canadian whiskey are
located in the north, along the Canadian border. States that have a high
incidence of consumption of tequila are located in the south, along the Mexican
border. Preference for Canadian whiskey has apparently diffused southward
from Canada into the United States, and for tequila northward from Mexico.
Wine Production
Wine depends on the soil,
climate and other physical characteristics of a
place
• Temperate climates with moderately cold, rainy
winters and long, hot summers
• Best wine from grapes grown in coarse, welldrained soil
• Terroir—contribution of a region’s physical
features to the way a food tastes
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Bordeaux—sandy and gravelly
Champagne—chalky
Moselle—slate composition
Wine Connoisseurs
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Finest wines known by region
Labeled with region, town, district or
specific estate, or sometimes grape variety
Year included because of the impact of
weather on grapes
History
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Custom of wine production in France and Italy goes back
at least to the Roman empire
Declined after the fall and many vineyards were
destroyed
Tradition continued in monasteries with monks
Has become extremely popular with western hemisphere
in the last few centuries
Now owned by private individuals and corporations
Religions other than Christianity discourage drinking
Hindus and Muslims especially avoid alcohol so wine
production is limited in South Asia and the Middle East
The distribution of wine production is influenced in part by the physical
environment and in part by social customs. Most grapes used for wine are
grown near the Mediterranean Sea or in areas of similar climate. Income,
preferences, and other social customs also influence the distribution of wine
consumption, as seen in the lower production levels of predominantly Muslim
countries south of the Mediterranean.
TV and the Internet—instruments
of pop culture
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TV—most popular from of entertainment and diffuses
pop culture
Developed in UK, US, Japan and USSR
After WWII, tv sets increased dramatically in US 10,0001945, 1 mil-1949, 10mil-1951, 50 mil-1959
In 1954, the US had 86% of the world’s 37 mil. TVs. 200
per 1,000 compared to 2 per 1,000
Ownership climbed between 1970-2000 in LDCs. China
went from 1 to 1,000 to 304 to 1000 and in Indonesia 1
to 1,000 and 154 to 1,000
Internet diffusion—FAST
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40 million users in 95—25 in the US, and
had not yet reached most countries
Between 95 & 2000 increased from 9% to
44% of US population—in the rest of the
world increased from 40 mil to 400 mil
Went from 400 mil in 2000 to 880 mil in
2004
Government Control
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Most TV stations are owned by private
corporations that receive licenses in the US
US pattern is found in other Western countries
but is unusual in the rest of the world
CBC operates with government grants the BBC
and Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK) funded through
license fees paid by tv owners
Independence from government is guaranteed
in these countries
On the contrary….
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In LDCs direct management of the TV is conducted
through a government agency
Governments want to control stations to minimize the
likelihood that programs against their policies are aired—
censorship.
Once seen as unifying
And then the satellite.
Banned in China, Singapore and Saudi Arabia
Back to the communist collapse.
Other weapons on government control: fax machines,
portable video recorders, and cell phones