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A paper which considers the phenomenon of mass culture, its impact on society and the extent to which it reflects current social trends, with specific reference to the TV series Will & Grace, and Scrubs. Bibliography lists 4 sources
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debate, it is perhaps useful to look at the parameters of mass culture itself, and how it evolved from the dichotomy between low and high culture.
In the past, high culture was clearly the province of the upper echelons of society, whilst low culture remained with the masses: high art, or fine art, was confined
to one small sector of society whilst craft, seen as inferior to fine art, represented the rest. Western thought has, traditionally, distinguished between high and low culture in that
high culture is seen as inspirational: it represents the best and most sophisticated forms of art which a society can offer, and is intended to inspire and encourage those who
experience it. Low culture, on the other hand, as exemplified in the modern era by television programmes and the mass print media, is seen as reflecting, and even encouraging, the
mundane and irresponsible behaviour of society. However, given the way in which cultural definitions shift and change according to social factors, it is not necessarily
the case that high and low culture are mutually exclusive. For instance pop art, in the 1960s, was regarded with horror by traditionalists, and is now perceived as a valid
artistic form with an accepted place in art history: it has made the transition from low to high. In much the same way, certain television programmes tend to be perceived
as representative of ideological trends, both reflecting and shaping cultural values, without the strict, class-based division between high and low cultures which was formerly so much in evidence.
This is partly due to the erosion of social class differences, but also owes much to the universality of television, which has allowed for the much wider
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