American Culture & Contradictions
This value, derived from Christian attitudes, describes the value of putting in effort and persevering through difficult tasks.
What is the Protestant Work Ethic?
This online trend reflects some women's desire to maintain a lifestyle like that of post-WWII homemakers.
What is the "Tradwife" trend?
Eminem’s controversial lyrics led to the widespread use of this parental tool in music.
What is the Parental Advisory label?
This neurotransmitter plays a significant role in the development of addictions to drugs, food, gambling, screens, and more.
What is dopamine?
The term for excessive social media scrolling that leaves people feeling emotionally empty.
What is doomscrolling?
American culture is often framed as a contradiction between these two key values.
What are safety and freedom?
This test was used in class to examine implicit bias in gender and career roles.
What is the Gender-Career IAT?
This female pop star’s 2004 Super Bowl performance sparked national debates on media censorship.
Who is Janet Jackson?
The rise of this dining trend in the 1990s emphasized “healthier,” fast yet customizable food.
What is fast casual?
This mindset promotes relentless productivity and has become synonymous with "hustle culture."
What is the grindset?
This popular social media app became a central text in analyzing how American culture is shaped by algorithms and virality.
What is TikTok?
This famous razor company addressed toxic masculinity in its controversial commercial.
What is Gillette?
This early 2000s genre emerged as a response to economic despair and cultural frustration.
What is Recession Pop?
These two food industries heavily influenced public nutrition policy through lobbying.
What are the sugar and dairy industries?
This generation was labeled as "lazy" but is actually responding to exploitative labor systems.
Who are Gen Z?
This post-9/11 law raised national concerns about privacy and surveillance.
What is the Patriot Act?
According to Susan Sontag, gender impacts the way in which we perceive men and women ___.
Aging
A class article explored how this reality TV show changed American pop culture.
What is Jersey Shore?
This term refers to neighborhoods lacking access to affordable, nutritious food.
What are food deserts?
This famous concept ranks human needs from physical survival to self-actualization.
What is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?
This federal code once determined what was "morally acceptable" in Hollywood films.
What is the Hays Code?
This color was once considered masculine but shifted to a feminine association due to mid-20th-century marketing.
What is pink?
This social phenomenon describes the aesthetic choice to not care, especially popular post-2016.
What is nonchalance (or “not trying too hard,” apathetic culture)?
According to the Food Pyramid, these are the five primary food groups.
What are proteins, fruits, vegetables, grains, and dairy?
This anthropological concept explains the rise of parasocial relationships and identity creation online.
What is digital ethnography (or hashtag ethnography)?