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Communication Studies 001 (Todd): Jim Matthews: Assignment and subject terms

Assignment: Informative Speech

"Assignment Topics: General research for an academic speech - specific assignment is an informative speech about a culture or subculture."

Terms

 

"Culture...a particular way of life ... for a specific group of people ... during a certain period in history... artifacts, narratives, images, habits, and products that give style and substance to that particular way of life. The popular  (culture)  cultural products and practices ...to a certain racial, ethnic, or geographically located group,  leisure,  mass media, and lifestyle choices." Subcultures: " coexist and operate within a larger society ... subcultures can take many forms and include social entities... can include corporations (e.g., Apple, Starbucks), technology (e.g., computers, cell phones), social network sites (e.g., Facebook, Twitter), gangs (e.g., urban street gangs, motorcycle gangs), and religions (e.g., Christianity, Islam).... Essentially, subcultures (and cultures) can take on infinite varieties that have their own set of standards, values, language, and behavioral patterns. "

 

Culture Popular culture

Mass Culture

racial, ethnic, or geographical, income Leisure,  Mass media, and lifestyle choices Media, music, art,
Hispanic, African American, Bay Area, Film or movies, Music (types), Art (types)  Political, Religious,
  Social groups, fans  Facebook,  twitter,