Reflection

What have I learned in this Pop Culture class? Well after this short period of time in this class, I have learned some basic concepts about culture for example that Culture is all around us and Culture is learned not inherited. I also know the four characteristics of Culture: Inculturation, Culture is shared, is symbolically transmitted and expressed, Culture is adaptive. I also learn about the Iceberg model, and there are 3 parts: the first one is Technical Culture (people know the rules when someone breaks a rule people go crazy, we follow some rules, but we can not explain them), the second one is Formal Culture (people know the rules, if you break a rule nothing happens you can fix it), the last one is Deep or Informal (that when the rules are broken).

I also learned some terms of Culture that are present in each culture and I didn't know that those terms exist that was my A-ha moment with Mainstream and with Counter. Was interesting to me to know how is called people who do the normal and common things, and how is called the people who do the opposite.

If I had to express my knowledge on a bumper sticker it would be “unstoppable culture” that means culture is always changing. I also learned about about the Melting pot and the Salad Bowl. The Melting Pot is for example when you moved to a different city totally in a different culture that will be a moment when you will acquire some things from the other culture. The Salad Bowl is just a mix of ethnicities that compliment each other. I also learned about Cultural Identity, and the 2 factors that influence people's self-image and there are: Biological (gender, sexual preference), and Cultural (our ancestors, popular culture.).

As I said before I really liked the Mainstream and Counter (Terms of Culture), because now I really know the difference between those 2 things, I can identified who is a mainstream and who is a Counter and I can tell I am part of the Mainstream group. I can not wait to see what else is coming in this class is really interesting and I am just excited about it.