The primary driving force behind popular culture is mass appeal, and it is produced by what cultural analyst Theodor Adorno refers to as the "culture industry".
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The primary driving force behind popular culture is mass appeal, and it is produced by what cultural analyst Theodor Adorno refers to as the "culture industry".
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Therefore, popular culture has a way of influencing an individual's attitudes towards certain topics.
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Traditionally, popular culture was associated with poor education and with the lower classes, as opposed to the "official culture" and higher education of the upper classes.
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Stress in the distinction from "official Pop culture" became more pronounced towards the end of the 19th century, a usage that became established by the interbellum period.
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Pop culture is specific of something containing qualities of mass appeal, while "popular" refers to what has gained popularity, regardless of its style.
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Storey claims that popular culture emerged from the urbanization of the Industrial Revolution.
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Important contemporary contributions for understanding what popular culture means have been given by the German researcher Ronald Daus, who studies the impact of extra-European cultures in North America, Asia, and especially in Latin America.
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From its beginning, popular culture has revolved around classes in society and the push-back between them.
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High Pop culture can be described as art and works considered of superior value, historically, aesthetically and socially.
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Low Pop culture is regarded by some as that of the lower classes, historically.
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Pop culture argued that the commodities of the culture industry are "popular" because they are homogenous and obey standard conventions; the media then influences the tastes of children.
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