scholarly journals Mass Culture And Sociocultural Trends In The 21st Century: Interrelations And Realization (on the example of certain pop music samples)

2021 ◽  
pp. 21-35
Author(s):  
Nelli Samikova
Keyword(s):  
Mass Culture ◽  
Pop Culture ◽  
Pop Music ◽  
Culture Studies ◽  
Modern Culture ◽  
Social Trends ◽  
Science Philosophy ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Analytical Section

The transformation of the concepts ―mass culture‖, ―pop culture‖ and those artistic genres, which are their components, in the scientific discourse of the 19th-21stI centuries is traced. The ways and results of the interaction of modern culture and society, which is the end-user of the cultural product, are studied. Some examples of modern cinema and music industry are analyzed, and it is determined that these two components being the most used by the consumer spheres of art directly reflect the world social trends. After having considered the key social processes it is possible to conclude that they are brightly represented in the modern popular music and this fact allowed not only to specify and systematize the ways of interaction between the music art and its consumers, but also to trace the ways of how exactly a mass consumer shapes the functioning and development of a popular and mass product. The ideas of combating various discriminations (by gender, identification - as in the case of LGBTQ+ community, by physique, etc.) and the creation of unified polycultural space have been defined as the most common ideas, that are broadcasting by performers. Therefore, in the analysis of selected works of pop music, a polycultural approach was used, which allows to consider them in terms of the synthesis of cultures and the formation of a global product, i.e. the one that will be understood and accessible to everyone. The analytical section includes compositions written by performers over the past few years that makes this analysis relevant and demonstrates that isolated trends occur now and continue to transform and change. Such comprehensive approach to the study of the mass culture can be useful to clarify the definition of this concept, as the interpretation and evaluation of this phenomenon of scientists today differs, despite the significant number of the mass culture studies and its individual forms in various fields of science — philosophy, culturology, sociology, psychology 

The Compulsion to Create: Definition and Genesis of the Phenomenon

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 250-263
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Janiszewska-Szczepanik
Keyword(s):  
Mental State ◽  
Pop Culture ◽  
The Other ◽  
Character Traits ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Creative Activity ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of

AbstractIs it possible to speak of the compulsion to create? And if so, what underlies it? In this article, I set out to offer a comprehensive explanation of what may cause the strong desire for creative activity observable in many artistically-inclined individuals. To describe this desire, I use the term compulsion to create, and drawing upon examples from both pop-culture and the lives of famous artists on the one hand, and philosophical and scholarly writings on the other, I seek its sources in the individual’s psyche. I discuss how the compulsion to create depends, among other factors, on an individual’s personality and mental state (in the sense of Sigmund Freud’s and Elaine N. Aron’s theories), transcendental circumstances (in the sense of Carl Jung’s theory) and character traits (as defined by Jordan Peterson). Then, I frame the phenomenon studied within the 4Ps Model of Creativity. I point to a significant correlation between the compulsion to create and high levels of an individual’s creativity. Additionally, I discriminate between the notions of the drive to create and the compulsion to create. The article proposes a definition of the compulsion to create which allows for a clear understanding of this notion and its popular application in the field of creatology.

scholarly journals ВОКАЛЬНО-ЕСТРАДНЕ ВИКОНАВСТВО УКРАЇНИ КІНЦЯ ХХ – ПОЧАТКУ ХХІ СТ.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Admink Admink
Keyword(s):  
Mass Culture ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Vocal Music ◽  
Pop Music ◽  
Music Culture ◽  
Musical Culture ◽  
Vocal Art ◽  
Definition Of

Наведено огляд досліджень щодо теорії музичної естради як частини масової культури. Розглянуто умови формування та становлення української вокально-естрадної музичної культури в контексті основ масового вокального мистецтва. Виявлено підходи до визначення естрадного мистецтва як соціокультурного явища в історичному континуумі, зазначено стилі і напрями масової музичної культури, а також роль засобів масової комунікації для поширення вокально-естрадного мистецтва. З’ясовано, що естрадно-вокальна музика розвивається в усіх доступних традиційних та новітніх, синтезованих жанрах і претендує на своєрідне значення в формуванні психологічного портрету сучасної людини.Ключові слова: масове мистецтво, естрада, вокал, музична культура. An overview of research on the theory of the musical variety as a part of mass culture as a whole is given. The conditions of formation and formation of Ukrainian vocal and variety music culture in the context of the basics of mass vocal art are considered. Approaches to the definition of variety art as a sociocultural phenomenon in the historical continuum are described, the styles and directions of mass musical culture, as well as the role of mass communication for the distribution of vocal and variety art are described. It is revealed that pop-vocal music develops in all available traditional and modern, synthesized genres and claims a peculiar importance in forming a psychological portrait of a modern man.Key words: mass art, pop music, singing, musical culture.

THE APPEARANCE OF FASHION AS A SOCIOCULTURAL PHENOMENON

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-88
Author(s):  
V. S. Sapozhnikova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Mass Culture ◽  
Initial Period ◽  
Ancient Greece ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Modern Culture ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Late Middle Ages ◽  
Fashion Theory ◽  
Definition Of

One of the problems of modern culture and, in particular, fashion theory is the question of the time when fashion appeared in the socio-cultural space. To date, there is no single answer to this question, which is the key to the approach to the definition of "fashion". According to some scholars, fashion, being associated primarily with clothing, accompanies the development of mankind along the entire path of its existence, and fashion in the modern sense of the word can be spoken about since the era of Ancient Greece and Rome. According to other researchers, including the author of this article, fashion as a socio-cultural phenomenon was formed quite late - only in the initial period of the development of capitalism, and therefore the development of large cities, which corresponds to the era of the late Middle Ages. The substantiation of this point of view is the purpose of the article. The author identifies the factors contributing to the emergence and development of fashion, and attempts to prove that fashion as a phenomenon of mass culture could not arise in earlier periods of historical development.

scholarly journals The History of Globalization: Methodological Approaches and Historiography of the Problem

2017 ◽  
pp. 59-79
Author(s):  
Andriy Martynov
Keyword(s):  
Global History ◽  
Global System ◽  
Conflict And Cooperation ◽  
Structural Peculiarities ◽  
Science Philosophy ◽  
History Of ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
High Degree

Modern theoreticians of Global History differ in opinion as to the definition of Globalization and up till now there is no single definition, which would satisfy most scientists. Some of them believe this phenomenon to be irreal because it is impossible to clearly separate it from other social processes and phenomena or because it do not has clearly defined place in the geographical space. In most cases Globalization are understood as: We are living today in an age of rapid globalization. Its pace has accelerated in the past several decades, particularly since the end of the Cold War. The main thrust for globalization involved a high degree of Westernization, it by no means resulted in homogenization but everywhere produced diverse responses to the West rooted in indigenous cultures. In fact, we have witnessed homogeneity resulting from processes of globalization and at the some time increasing heterogeneity. Globalization thus is extremely complex and variegated, on the one hand indeed leading to high degrees of homogeneity in economic organization, technological and scientific developments and even lifestyles following Western patterns, on the other hand to marked divergences from Western outlooks and practices and even to pronounced resistance to Western influences. In this article we intend to examine the transformation of historical thinking and writing within this larger global context. Globalization is realized in the form of bilateral, multilateral and collective relation. Global System is usually understood as hierarchically structurized integral complex of actors of international relation, which are interconnected by constant relations. Until the early 21th century the investigation of Global History was performed within a whole number of social science: philosophy, history, sociology, legal and economic sciences. The theory of globalization is a science, which tries to logically and reasonably interpret the most essential phenomena and processes as well as interrelation between them using its own methods. Conflict and cooperation are the most important manifestation of the state of international relations and logically proceed from structural peculiarities of current global system.

scholarly journals CLASSICS ON THE VERGE OF MASS CULTURE: STRATEGIES FOR REPRESENTATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 117 (6) ◽  
pp. 199-208
Author(s):  
Dariya Yu. Gustyakova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Mass Culture ◽  
Classical Music ◽  
Pop Music ◽  
Modern Culture ◽  
Classical Work ◽  
Interpretation Process ◽  
Culture Strategies ◽  
Academic Strategy

The article explores the problem of representation of musical classics in modern culture, due to the influences of popular culture and the characteristics of the perception of mass audience. Two main strategies for performing representation of musical classics in the space of popular culture are identified and substantiated: pseudo-academic representation and post-classical representation. Signs of a pseudo-academic strategy, which are uttered emotionality, «commenting» on the expressiveness of facial expressions and plastic, additional visual details and accessories on the verge of shocking – are revealed on the example of such famous musicians as pianist Lan Lan, conductor Valery Gergiev and singer Anna Netrebko. During pseudo-academic representation, the performance of academic music is transformed into the phenomenon of popular culture, while the quality of the performance of a musical work either becomes an element of the show (virtuosity is brought to the forefront of the representation), or the visual and expressive component of the performing act begins to prevail over the musical and technical component and the musical material becomes secondary to the interpretation process. During the implementation of the post-classical strategy, the text of the classical work itself enters the field of popular culture and begins to function as its product, while the interpreter is fully a figure in popular culture, transforming musical classics into the phenomenon of artistic «postculture.» It is proposed to include the phenomenon of classical crossover, a cultural strategy involving the integration of classical music into the field of popular culture. Classical crossover is a commercial product based on musical classics, the creators of which, solving the problem of listening perception (habitually, attractively, in demand), combine classical music with jazz, rock, pop music and other commercial areas, borrow techniques, instruments, methods of visual representation. An example of a postclassical strategy for representing musical classics in the space of modern popular culture, for example, is the implementation of classical crossover in the work of the art group M. Turetsky Choir.

Understanding functional illiteracy from a policy, adult education, and cognition point of view: Towards a joint referent framework

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-122
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Bulajić ◽  
Miomir Despotović ◽  
Thomas Lachmann
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Operational Definition ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Functional Illiteracy ◽  
Scale Levels ◽  
Components Of Reading ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of

Abstract. The article discusses the emergence of a functional literacy construct and the rediscovery of illiteracy in industrialized countries during the second half of the 20th century. It offers a short explanation of how the construct evolved over time. In addition, it explores how functional (il)literacy is conceived differently by research discourses of cognitive and neural studies, on the one hand, and by prescriptive and normative international policy documents and adult education, on the other hand. Furthermore, it analyses how literacy skills surveys such as the Level One Study (leo.) or the PIAAC may help to bridge the gap between cognitive and more practical and educational approaches to literacy, the goal being to place the functional illiteracy (FI) construct within its existing scale levels. It also sheds more light on the way in which FI can be perceived in terms of different cognitive processes and underlying components of reading. By building on the previous work of other authors and previous definitions, the article brings together different views of FI and offers a perspective for a needed operational definition of the concept, which would be an appropriate reference point for future educational, political, and scientific utilization.

Democracy and Political Culture

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ross McKibbin
Keyword(s):  
Political Culture ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Social System ◽  
Political System ◽  
Democratic Politics ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of

This book is an examination of Britain as a democratic society; what it means to describe it as such; and how we can attempt such an examination. The book does this via a number of ‘case-studies’ which approach the subject in different ways: J.M. Keynes and his analysis of British social structures; the political career of Harold Nicolson and his understanding of democratic politics; the novels of A.J. Cronin, especially The Citadel, and what they tell us about the definition of democracy in the interwar years. The book also investigates the evolution of the British party political system until the present day and attempts to suggest why it has become so apparently unstable. There are also two chapters on sport as representative of the British social system as a whole as well as the ways in which the British influenced the sporting systems of other countries. The book has a marked comparative theme, including one chapter which compares British and Australian political cultures and which shows British democracy in a somewhat different light from the one usually shone on it. The concluding chapter brings together the overall argument.

An LQ Approach to Active Control of Vibrations in Helicopters

1996 ◽  
Vol 118 (3) ◽  
pp. 482-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Bittanti ◽  
Fabrizio Lorito ◽  
Silvia Strada
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Control ◽  
Active Control ◽  
Linear Quadratic ◽  
Control Effort ◽  
Vibration Effect ◽  
Suitable Definition ◽  
Lq Optimal Control ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
And Control

In this paper, Linear Quadratic (LQ) optimal control concepts are applied for the active control of vibrations in helicopters. The study is based on an identified dynamic model of the rotor. The vibration effect is captured by suitably augmenting the state vector of the rotor model. Then, Kalman filtering concepts can be used to obtain a real-time estimate of the vibration, which is then fed back to form a suitable compensation signal. This design rationale is derived here starting from a rigorous problem position in an optimal control context. Among other things, this calls for a suitable definition of the performance index, of nonstandard type. The application of these ideas to a test helicopter, by means of computer simulations, shows good performances both in terms of disturbance rejection effectiveness and control effort limitation. The performance of the obtained controller is compared with the one achievable by the so called Higher Harmonic Control (HHC) approach, well known within the helicopter community.

scholarly journals Beyond Classical Definition: The Non-definition of Gamification

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario S. Staller ◽  
Swen Koerner
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
Police Recruits ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Anchor Points ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Game Elements

AbstractGamification is regularly defined as the use of game elements in non-gaming contexts. However, discussions in the context of the pedagogical value of gamification suggest controversies on various levels. While on the one hand, the potential is seen in the design of joyful learning environments, critics point out the pedagogical dangers or the problems related to optimizing working life. It becomes apparent that the assumptions guiding action on the subject matter of gamification in educational contexts differ, which leads to different derivations for pedagogical practice—but also allows for different perspectives on initially controversial positions. Being aware of these assumptions is the claim of a reflexive pedagogy. With regard to the pedagogical use of gamifying elements and their empirical investigation, there are three main anchor points to consider from a reflexive stance: (a) the high context-specificity of the teaching undertaken and (b) the (non-)visibility of the design elements and (c) the (non-)acceptance of the gamified elements by the students. We start by providing a discussion of the definitional discourse on what is understood as gamification leading to our argument for a non-definition of gamification. We describe the potential of this non-definition of gamification and exemplify its use in a gamified concept of teaching police recruits professional reflexivity. The concept features the narrative of a potential crime that has been undertaken and that students decide for themselves if they want to engage with it.

scholarly journals The contribution of resident physicians to hospital productivity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria J. Perez-Villadóniga ◽  
Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez ◽  
David Roibas
Keyword(s):  
Production Functions ◽  
Weighted Sum ◽  
Main Hypothesis ◽  
Resident Physicians ◽  
Suitable Parameter ◽  
Functional Forms ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Hospital Productivity ◽  
Natural Hypothesis

AbstractResident physicians play a double role in hospital activity. They participate in medical practices and thus, on the one hand, they should be considered as an input. Also, they are medical staff in training and, on the other hand, must be considered as an output. The net effect on hospital activities should therefore be empirically determined. Additionally, when considering their role as active physicians, a natural hypothesis is that resident physicians are not more productive than senior ones. This is a property that standard logarithmic production functions (including Cobb–Douglas and Translog functional forms) cannot verify for the whole technology set. Our main contribution is the development of a Translog modification, which implies the definition of the input “doctors” as a weighted sum of senior and resident physicians, where the weights are estimated from the empirical application. This modification of the standard Translog is able, under suitable parameter restrictions, to verify our main hypothesis across the whole technology set while determining if the net effect of resident physicians in hospitals’ production should be associated to an output or to an input. We estimate the resulting output distance function frontier with a sample of Spanish hospitals. Our findings show that the overall contribution of resident physicians to hospitals’ production allows considering them as an input in most cases. In particular, their average productivity is around 37% of that corresponding to senior physicians.

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