What is popular culture in communication?

From an intercultural communication perspective, popular culture is usually our first exposure to other cultures. It is the place that we learn about those who are different than us. In other words, popular culture plays a powerful role in how we think about and understand ourselves as well as others.

What is the concept of culture based on communication?

Culture is the systems of knowledge shared by a relatively large group of people. Culture is communication, communication is culture. Culture is symbolic communication. Some of its symbols include a group’s skills, knowledge, attitudes, values, and motives.

How pop culture affects language?

Some cultures are more popular because of the popularity of their languages. Language is a connector among cultures as translation among words and sentences. Pop-culture can influence a society and civilization without improving it. Pop-culture of a nation is better expressed in its own language.

What are 3 examples of pop culture?

The most common pop-culture categories are: entertainment (such as film, music, television and video games), sports, news (as in people/places in the news), politics, fashion, technology, and slang.

What is pop culture in general?

Popular culture (or “pop culture”) refers in general to the traditions and material culture of a particular society. The term “popular culture” was coined in the mid-19th century, and it referred to the cultural traditions of the people, in contrast to the “official culture” of the state or governing classes.

How does the culture affect communication?

Culture plays an important role in shaping the style of communication. Generally, people react to how we speak rather than what we say. Culture provides its members with an implicit knowledge about how to behave in different situations and how to interpret others’ behavior in such situations.

Why is communication a very important element of culture?

First, cultures are created through communication; that is, communication is the means of human interaction through which cultural characteristics— whether customs, roles, rules, rituals, laws, or other patterns—are created and shared. In a sense, cultures are the “residue” of social communication.

How does pop culture influence us?

From the moment we’re born, popular culture surrounds us and influences us. It’s the beliefs and practices that groups of us have in common. You see pop culture play out in the movies and shows we watch, the art, comics, and books we read, the toys and video games we play with, and the clothes we wear.

What role does pop culture play?

Popular culture allows large heterogeneous masses of people to identify collectively. It serves an inclusionary role in society as it unites the masses on ideals of acceptable forms of behavior. So popular culture appeals to people because it provides opportunities for both individual happiness and communal bonding.