Media Stereotypes on Rave Culture
What is culture? Webster's dictionary defines culture as, ‘the act of developing intellectual ability with education; a form of civilization, particularly the beliefs, arts, and customs". Well then, what is popular culture? Is raving, popular culture? According to Theodore Adorno's view, "culture is only genuinely ‘popular' when it is produced by those designated in such a term as the ‘people', rather than merely consumed by them"(Jarvis, 1998, p.72). This then means that industry decides what is popular, and at this time, raving culture is becoming a popular culture. This paper will discuss what ‘raves' are, along with societies views, and Adorno's theory of popular music. I hope to accomplish one important goal in this paper. This goal is to crush all media stereotypes about raves and clarify any miscommunication regarding what raves are all about. The first things that needs to be addressed in this paper are what a rave really is, and the role that it has in our culture. A rave by today's standards is a large gathering of kids, generally aged 15-24, who are dancing to electronic music until the crack of dawn. "The actual concept of raves is not new-it is as old as time itsel
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Approximate Word count = 2515
Approximate Pages = 10 (250 words per page double spaced)
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