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The presence of youth culture is a relatively recent historical phenomenon. There are several dominant theories about the emergence of youth culture in the 20th century, which include hypotheses about the historical, economic, and psychological influences on the presence of youth culture.
Around 95% of young people between the ages of 13–17 use at least one social media platform, [2] making it a major influence on young adolescents. While some authors claim that social media is to blame for the increase in anxiety and depression, most review papers report that the association between the two is weak or inconsistent.
Popular culture (also called pop culture or mass culture) is generally recognized by members of a society as a set of practices, beliefs, artistic output (also known as popular art [cf. pop art] or mass art, sometimes contrasted with fine art) [1] [2] and objects that are dominant or prevalent in a society at a given point in time.
Urban pop culture is the pop culture of cities and towns. It is both driven by and drives the popular culture of mainstream media. Urban pop culture tends to be more cosmopolitan and liberal than mainstream culture, but is not without its own complex mores, reflecting, for example, the parent societies' ambivalence to sexuality.
The term "edutainment" was first made popular amongst the hip hop community by KRS-One (a.k.a. The Teacha) thanks to his Boogie Down Productions album by the same name. The term has since been borrowed to describe hip hop culture's innate pedagogical aesthetics.
Dumbing down is the deliberate oversimplification of intellectual content in education, literature, cinema, news, video games, and culture.Originating in 1933, the term "dumbing down" was movie-business slang, used by screenplay writers, meaning: "[to] revise so as to appeal to those of little education or intelligence". [1]
Universities and colleges in popular culture (5 C) Pages in category "Education in popular culture" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Pages in category "Youth culture in the United States" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .