,TABLE OF CONTENTS
High culture vs popular culture ................................................................................ 5
CUlture ............................................................................................................................ 5
The Civilizing Process (Elias) ............................................................................................. 5
Culture industry (Horkheimer & Adorno) ............................................................................ 5
Decline of (high) culture ................................................................................................... 6
Birmingham center for contemporary cultural studies ....................................................... 6
Media & ideology ..................................................................................................... 6
4 dimensions of media (sociology) .................................................................................... 6
Neo-marxist perspective on media ................................................................................... 7
Marx ...................................................................................................................................................7
Althusser & Gramsci ...........................................................................................................................7
(Neo-)liberalism ............................................................................................................... 7
Critics ................................................................................................................................................7
Reality shows......................................................................................................................................7
Holt: advertising............................................................................................................... 8
Horror ..................................................................................................................... 8
Paradox of fear ................................................................................................................. 8
The ideological theory (Wood) ........................................................................................... 8
Reactionary horror vs progressive horror (Lowenstein) ...................................................... 8
The female monster (Creed).............................................................................................. 9
Malleus Maleficarum...........................................................................................................................9
Feminist New Wave Cinema ................................................................................................................9
Fantasy.................................................................................................................. 10
Romanticism ..................................................................................................................10
Tolkien............................................................................................................................10
Globalization of fantasy ...................................................................................................11
Secularization .................................................................................................................11
Science-fiction ...................................................................................................... 11
Societal function of sci-fi .................................................................................................11
Evolution of sci-fi ............................................................................................................11
Central topics in sci-fi reflecting and shaping society .......................................................12
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, From surveillance to souveillance (Fukuyama) ................................................................................... 12
From humanism to posthumanism (Fukuyama).................................................................................. 12
Technophobia (Dinello) ..................................................................................................................... 12
Paranoia ................................................................................................................ 13
Conspiracy thriller ..........................................................................................................13
Conspiracy theories & 3 classical/normative perspectives ...............................................13
The Psychologist: paranoid personality (freud) ................................................................................... 13
The philospher: irrational knowledge & misinformation (Popper) ......................................................... 14
The historian: political extremism & a danger to democracy (Hofstadter) ............................................. 14
Assumptions of conspiracy Culture .................................................................................14
3 dimensions/sociological explanations of conspiracy theories (Barkun) ..........................14
Postmodern texts ................................................................................................... 15
Postmodernism ..............................................................................................................15
How is postmodern eclecticism produced?......................................................................16
Consumption and cultural inequality ...................................................................... 16
Cultural consumption .....................................................................................................16
Sociological assumptions about consumption .................................................................16
Cultural capital (Bourdieu)...............................................................................................17
Economic capital vs cultural capital .................................................................................................. 17
Research cultural capital .................................................................................................................. 18
High culture vs low culture ................................................................................................................ 18
Consumption and subculture ................................................................................. 18
Subculture ......................................................................................................................18
Evolution of subculture ..................................................................................................................... 18
Centre for contemporary Cultural Studies ........................................................................18
Subcultural capital (Thornton) .........................................................................................19
Symbolic boundary (Lamont) ...........................................................................................19
Consumption and counterculture ........................................................................... 19
authenticity ....................................................................................................................19
Personal authenticity ........................................................................................................................ 19
product authenticity .......................................................................................................................... 20
Mainstream counterculture .............................................................................................20
Celebrity culture .................................................................................................... 20
Socialization ...................................................................................................................20
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High culture vs popular culture ................................................................................ 5
CUlture ............................................................................................................................ 5
The Civilizing Process (Elias) ............................................................................................. 5
Culture industry (Horkheimer & Adorno) ............................................................................ 5
Decline of (high) culture ................................................................................................... 6
Birmingham center for contemporary cultural studies ....................................................... 6
Media & ideology ..................................................................................................... 6
4 dimensions of media (sociology) .................................................................................... 6
Neo-marxist perspective on media ................................................................................... 7
Marx ...................................................................................................................................................7
Althusser & Gramsci ...........................................................................................................................7
(Neo-)liberalism ............................................................................................................... 7
Critics ................................................................................................................................................7
Reality shows......................................................................................................................................7
Holt: advertising............................................................................................................... 8
Horror ..................................................................................................................... 8
Paradox of fear ................................................................................................................. 8
The ideological theory (Wood) ........................................................................................... 8
Reactionary horror vs progressive horror (Lowenstein) ...................................................... 8
The female monster (Creed).............................................................................................. 9
Malleus Maleficarum...........................................................................................................................9
Feminist New Wave Cinema ................................................................................................................9
Fantasy.................................................................................................................. 10
Romanticism ..................................................................................................................10
Tolkien............................................................................................................................10
Globalization of fantasy ...................................................................................................11
Secularization .................................................................................................................11
Science-fiction ...................................................................................................... 11
Societal function of sci-fi .................................................................................................11
Evolution of sci-fi ............................................................................................................11
Central topics in sci-fi reflecting and shaping society .......................................................12
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, From surveillance to souveillance (Fukuyama) ................................................................................... 12
From humanism to posthumanism (Fukuyama).................................................................................. 12
Technophobia (Dinello) ..................................................................................................................... 12
Paranoia ................................................................................................................ 13
Conspiracy thriller ..........................................................................................................13
Conspiracy theories & 3 classical/normative perspectives ...............................................13
The Psychologist: paranoid personality (freud) ................................................................................... 13
The philospher: irrational knowledge & misinformation (Popper) ......................................................... 14
The historian: political extremism & a danger to democracy (Hofstadter) ............................................. 14
Assumptions of conspiracy Culture .................................................................................14
3 dimensions/sociological explanations of conspiracy theories (Barkun) ..........................14
Postmodern texts ................................................................................................... 15
Postmodernism ..............................................................................................................15
How is postmodern eclecticism produced?......................................................................16
Consumption and cultural inequality ...................................................................... 16
Cultural consumption .....................................................................................................16
Sociological assumptions about consumption .................................................................16
Cultural capital (Bourdieu)...............................................................................................17
Economic capital vs cultural capital .................................................................................................. 17
Research cultural capital .................................................................................................................. 18
High culture vs low culture ................................................................................................................ 18
Consumption and subculture ................................................................................. 18
Subculture ......................................................................................................................18
Evolution of subculture ..................................................................................................................... 18
Centre for contemporary Cultural Studies ........................................................................18
Subcultural capital (Thornton) .........................................................................................19
Symbolic boundary (Lamont) ...........................................................................................19
Consumption and counterculture ........................................................................... 19
authenticity ....................................................................................................................19
Personal authenticity ........................................................................................................................ 19
product authenticity .......................................................................................................................... 20
Mainstream counterculture .............................................................................................20
Celebrity culture .................................................................................................... 20
Socialization ...................................................................................................................20
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