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Sociology of the Arts and Popular Culture Review Sheet for Final Exam

Final Exam Review Sheet

Soc 4260

Sociology of the Arts and Popular Culture

Gabe Ignatow

Ignatow@pacs.unt.edu


Production perspective

Critical Theory

Culture Industry

Culture Industries

Reception Studies

Passive Audience

“narcotized” audiences

Dominant reading

Oppositional reading

Nationalism

Reflexive interpretation

“Watching Dallas

Ien Ang

Ironic stance

Katz and Liebes

Gatekeepers

Sponsors

Patrons

Genres

Supply-side explanations

Demand-side explanations

Legal changes

U.S. Copyright Law

Technological changes

45 rpm record

Paul DiMaggio

Mass culture theory

Cultural conservatives

Cultural radicals

Cultural homogenization

Free market assumption

Monopoly assumption

Mass culture model

Niche model

Entrepreneurial brokers

Centralized brokers

Reflection theory

Origins of the novel

Wendy Griswold

American character and the American novel

Highbrows

Snobs

Omnivores

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