Discussion :
What are some of the main claims of critical theorists about popular culture and the media? How does critical theory explain racial and ethnic stereotyping? How/why is stereotyping harmful? Have you ever been impacted by these stereotypes and, if so, how? Please provide specific examples of racial/ ethnic stereotyping. Post one item of relevant supplemental material.
Objectives:
· Describe examples of the different types of norms operative in popular culture, and how these are related to the process of social control.
· Identify the research methods used to create knowledge about popular culture.
· Apply key cultural theories and analytical dimensions for examining popular culture.
· Illustrate diversity in popular culture and concepts of multiculturalism, ethnocentrism, and cultural relativism with reference to key stratifying factors such as gender, race, ethnicity, class, age, region and sexuality.
· Analyze culture within individual, social, historical, political, economic, and global contexts.
Response should be 250 words.