{"title":"Language Ideology in the Discourse of Popular Culture","authors":"A. Moody","doi":"10.1002/9781405198431.WBEAL0626","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Although there are a number of different ways to defi ne “popular culture,” Moody (2010) notes that there are three characteristics that appear to be common to most defi nitions: popular culture is usually associated with mass media (and especially “free” media like radio or television); popular culture is consumer-oriented in nature and frequently encourages consumers to become “fans” of performers, products, or genres; and popular culture—like most expressions of consumer culture—is increasingly characterized by globalization. Each of these characteristics of pop culture makes it an ideal place to explore language ideolo","PeriodicalId":298589,"journal":{"name":"The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"9","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405198431.WBEAL0626","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Although there are a number of different ways to defi ne “popular culture,” Moody (2010) notes that there are three characteristics that appear to be common to most defi nitions: popular culture is usually associated with mass media (and especially “free” media like radio or television); popular culture is consumer-oriented in nature and frequently encourages consumers to become “fans” of performers, products, or genres; and popular culture—like most expressions of consumer culture—is increasingly characterized by globalization. Each of these characteristics of pop culture makes it an ideal place to explore language ideolo