Describe the cultural and social significance of popular culture in shaping the larger contemporary American society

Describe examples of the different types of norms operative in popular culture, and how these are related to the process of social control. · Identify the research methods used to create knowledge about popular culture. · Apply key cultural theories and analytical dimensions for examining popular culture. · Explain how various elements of popular culture inform or reflect our attitudes, behavior, and society and why the popular culture becomes popular. · Illustrate diversity in popular culture and concepts of multiculturalism, ethnocentrism, and cultural relativism with reference to key stratifying factors such as gender, race, ethnicity, class, age, region and sexuality. · Describe the cultural and social significance of popular culture in shaping the larger contemporary American society