What is Popular culture?
'''Popular culture''' is [[culture]] which interests the general masses of people. It is influenced and spread by [[mass media]]. People experience or learn popular culture by hearing [[popular music]] on the [[radio]], watching [[television]], playing [[video games]], or reading popular books and [[magazine]]s. Popular culture may affect all kinds of knowledge or thought, including [[art]], [[religion]], or [[language]]. Popular culture does not follow any one system of ideas, [[custom]]s, [[philosophy]], [[religion]], or [[morality]]. Some of its forms include grammar, language, or pictures that are not accepted under a society's customs. For this reason a [[society]] or [[government]] may not approve of popular culture. If a government thinks that any form of it may [[harm]] people or cause society to change in a bad way, the government may ban it. This practice is known as [[censorship]]. In some countries popular culture is protected under [[freedom of speech]] or other [[rights]]. == American popular culture == The [[United States]] is an industrialized country (see [[industrialization]]) in which citizens use mass media. Its government protects language and cultures under freedom of speech. The U.S. has had periods of popular culture since the [[20th century]]. For instance, after [[World War II]] a group of children known as [[Baby boomer]]s experienced a sudden expansion of popular culture. == Related pages == * [[Folklore]] == References == {{stub}} [[Category:Popular culture| ]]