popular culture
Noun
Meaning
popular culture (usually uncountable, plural popular cultures)
The prevailing vernacular culture in any given society, including art, cooking, clothing/fashion, entertainment, fads, films, mass media, music, sports, and style.
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All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.
Popular culture is inescapable in the U.S. Why not use it?
Lacan is a tyrant who must be driven from our shores. Narrowly trained English professors who know nothing of art history or popular culture think they can just wade in with Lacan and trash everything in sight.
Popular culture tells you that schools and parents don't know what's going on, the police are dogs, politicians are all liars and scum, and any crime that's not committed by the Mafia is done by the CIA.
And it's not only films, I'm pretty unaware of anything that's going on in popular culture right now.
Popular culture is simply a reflection of what the majority seems to want.