Popular culture is the contemporary lifestyle that includes items that are well known and generally accepted as part of our culture.
I define popular culture as something that is generally done within a community that is acceptable to everyone. Popular culture also seems to shape our beliefs, ethics, and even behavior. In the business environment I believe it is important to know and adapt to popular culture to be a successful leader and manager. You need to know whats "hip" to stay relevant and in tune with the business market, and this will also help you adapt to the people you will manage someday. As managers and successful business owners you have to be able to adapt to the every changing business world, or you will be left behind, and won't have any effect on the people you manage.
I consider the show Sex and The City to be a great example of an artifact that deals with popular culture today. I did not watch the show personally, but Sarah Jessica Parker is known to set many trends that are still around today regarding fashion, and this show was huge. Due to the success of the television show, there was even a movie that was made as a sequel to the show. This show was the first of its kind to really talk about sex and be open with sexuality, and there is even a popular rap song out that mentions the show. This show also was a bit empowering to women everywhere. According to Burton and Renner the show Sex and The City was also based on statistics about women, like more than 60 percent of all women now work outside the home. In addition, the number of women-owned businesses is growing almost twice as fast as the number of firms overall. In 2006, there were 70 million women employed; in 1950 there were 18.4 million. 27% of households are headed by women at last count, a fourfold increase since 1950, (2007).
Below is a link to a trailer of the movie which I did see and loved!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo0Hkaft7Nc
References
Burton, J. and Renner, C.J. (2007). Sex and the City statistics. Momtalk.com Retrieved on May 19, 2009 from http://www.momtalk.com/2007/10/sex_in_the_citystatistics.php
As an accountant I like your use of “generally accepted” in your definition of popular culture. It seems to be very accurate and a very to the point way to describe it. I agree that popular culture shapes our ethics and behavior and it makes me wonder how popular culture with affect my children someday. I am not an avid watcher of Sex and the City but I believe it was a very god artifact to choose. I think it though a bit over the top, reflects the changing role of women at home and in the work place. I would like to have heard your opinion on how popular culture affects business.
ReplyDeleteI was a watcher of the popular television show. I even saw the movie and actually own it. It definitely shows the changing roles o women in the work place and home life. It also dipicts different roles women now hold and that still wanting children and being a housewife as in Charolete's case. I think this was an excellent choice for a pop culture artifact.
ReplyDeleteI heard about this show (Sex and the City)when I lived in China back to years ago, but had no idea what it was based on, women's real life or just some kind of fantacy? Since I have been living in the US, I realized it is an angle that people could understand various life styles in this country.
ReplyDeleteHi, Rachelle. Nice blog!
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