pop culture

Pop culture embodies the ideas, concerns and desires of people through the things that entertain them: for example, movies, advertisements, television, and fashion. Any form of expression that engages a large number of people becomes part of popular culture. It can also mean culture that is produced in large quantities for the so-called "masses."

Popular culture as a whole stands apart from "highbrow" or "high" culture, which is determined by the educated elite. Pop culture encompasses everything that appeals to a wide number of people: fads in clothing, trends in food, slang expressions and celebrity-watching. In fact, a pop culture trend can itself become a symbolic language that is understood by many people. Discussing pop culture trends is a way of connecting in the blogosphere, too.

The study of pop culture throughout history- such as in the Victorian period - can give one enormous insight into what truly gripped - sometimes even obsessed - people in earlier times.

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  Popcorn 'N Roses — Authority: 116
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• Review Time!!! :o)

  
  BlogHer - Health & Wellness — Authority: 146
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• 75 Innovations in Anime - From Alien Anime Dolls to Comic-Anime Mashups (CLUSTER)

  
  TrendHunter.com - Marketing Strategy — Authority: 690
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  TrendHunter.com - Marketing Strategy — Authority: 690
  (TrendHunter.com) Venezia la Dolce Vita is an editorial in Marie Claire Italy that is enough to inspire wanderlust in any old soul, especially a romantic fashionista dying to recreate a Venice version of Audrey Hepburns…
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  TrendHunter.com - Marketing Strategy — Authority: 690
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  TrendHunter.com - Marketing Strategy — Authority: 690
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• Oprah and Martha

  
  JOLLY DAYS, an artist's journal — Authority: 120
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• Jeanne-Claude

  
  Maggie's Farm — Authority: 662
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  TrendHunter.com - Marketing Strategy — Authority: 690
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  TrendHunter.com - Marketing Strategy — Authority: 690
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• Ten Albums That Defined the Dot Com Era

  
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• Otis Taylor – Ten Million Slaves – Nasty Letter – Walk on Water

  
  Dummidumbwit's Weblog — Authority: 441
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  Abriendo Puertas — Authority: 423
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• James Cameron’s Avatar: Watch Some -isms This December!

  
  FWD/Forward — Authority: 666
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  TrendHunter.com - Marketing Strategy — Authority: 690
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  Hawaii Blog — Authority: 521
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• 67 Superb Sunglasses - Multiple Ways to Stylishly Shade Your Eyes From the Sun (CLUSTER)

  
  TrendHunter.com - Marketing Strategy — Authority: 690
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• Water-Spitting Editorials - Chadwick Tyler Shoots Mathilde is Mad for Russh Magazine Nov/Dec 09 (GALLERY)

  
  TrendHunter.com - Marketing Strategy — Authority: 690
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• twifight

  
  Robin's blog — Authority: 107
  So I’ve stayed silent on the whole Twilight thing so far because quite honestly I couldn’t really give a crap. The initial issue that many people had with it was the whole abstinence thing and well, I stay away from that as much as possible. The debate, that is, not the act. haha. (just kidding [...]
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