According to dictionary.com, popular culture is "contemporary lifestyle and items that are well known and generally accepted, cultural patterns that are widespread within a population; also called pop culture."
It is also what is distributed across many forms of mass media such as newspapers, television, radios, advertising, and internet in contrast to high forms of cultural art such as operas, classical music and artworks, traditional theater and literature. In mass communication, the term popular culture refers to messages that are designed to amuse and entertain audiences.
Disney is one example of pop culture that has highly influenced the modern world. During the early formations of Disney productions, he would borrow fairy tales and put a modern contemporary twist to them in his works. Over time, Disney grew more popular especially due to the character Mickey Mouse; in fact, it is said that Mickey was what made Disney famous, not the other way around. Nowadays, there are numerous references to Disney within today's pop culture and pop art such as television, film, movies and music. For example, the tv show The Simpsons made a great number of references within the episodes. One episode of The Simpsons includes a television show titled "P.U." written in the sky, in reference to Disney Pixar's film Up. In that same show, there are figures in the clouds that resemble the main characters from Toy Story, Monster's Inc., and Wall-E. Aside from that, there are other pop art that also references Disney's many works such as Futurama, The Fairly Odd Parents, Doctor Who, and Business Week maganize. These all help contribute to pop art by making references to an internationally recognized production company that helped catalyze today's popular culture.
The sensibility of the contemporary era (which some claim that we are still living in now) is the more open attitude towards everyday, popular attractions, not what is considered "high class" or "fancy". It signifies acceptability of different styles and works, willingness to explore further in art, and unison towards common interests and goals. In the end, it shows how closer together the communities in the world have become by spreading around popular art and culture for everyone to view for their pleasure and entertainment.
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