rant 1: a brief description of popular clture

Early descriptions of culture were often exclusively linked to what is now referred to as high culture. High culture involves the pinnacle achievements of human in art, literature, theater, TV, Movies and all other forms art. Anything else that did not fit into this category was not considered culture. However in the 1960's and 1970's anthropologists began the difficult task of properly defining popular culture. Drawing inspiration from Marxist writing's they began to come up with the concepts of "culture from above" and "culture from below". Culture from above was created from a higher source such as politicians, corporations or organized religions as a method to subtly influence the decisions of those using those partaking the culture. The idea of culture from above was influenced by Karl Marx's assertions the culture has political power where those who create the culture can control the morals, and beliefs of those they make the culture for. By contrast culture from below is created by more "authentic" sources such as local artists and is meant as sort of a counter culture to go against the expected norms. Culture from below is a direct result of the turbulent 1960s and 1970s, this era bore witness to the sexual revolution, the civil rights movement, and Vietnam War protests. To make their voices heard advocates of these movements often found unique and unprecedented ways to make their opinions be noted. Either by rock music, rebellions against tradition fashion or even through sexual promiscuity. Since this time when anthropologists were attempting to define popular culture, the overall spectrum of what culture includes has reached the point where seemingly all aspects of life can be included into the definition of culture. Even now there is still no one definitive answer as to what popular culture is and what it entails. For the sake of argument I am going to give the definition of popular culture as follows: popular culture includes the entirety of the shared human experience. Although this definition is vague but it does encompass what I believe to be the only two essential components what culture truly includes: humanity and shared experience. Culture is a direct byproduct of humanities need for expression, need for others and want of validation culture helps humanity express all these basic needs. Culture is by definition needing of at least two people, no one person can properly create a culture because it takes another person to properly validate the existent of another's created culture.  As of today three new subtypes of popular culture exists: high culture, middle culture and low culture. As mentioned before high culture is said often considered the peak of arts and sciences. However for most high culture is viewed to be too pretentious and often only appeals the the truly intellectual elites. High culture is often created for no other purpose to receive validation, praise, and monetary reward. Many people often pretend to appreciate high culture even though they may not like or even understand it. Middle culture generally has more broad appeal than high and low culture. It can be created by virtually anyone and has a much longer shelf-life than low and high culture. The other two cultures seems to be much more heavily influenced by current trends while middle culture has a slightly more universal appeal. Low culture is considered the worst type of culture. It has limited appeal and is heavily influenced by current trends. Low culture seems to often rise as quickly as it falls. Most people would often deny even partaking low culture. I have attempted to provide some adequate definitions of what culture is. Through later writing I hope to expand upon and refine these definitions. Until next time, this is Corey Weiss saying good night and good luck.