What is Culture?
1. Culture is the way of life of a group of people.
2. Culture is a complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, values that makes up a society
Define the term 'pop culture'.
Pop culture-modern popular culture transmitted via the mass media and aimed particularly at younger people.
List TWO types of culture
material (tangible)
non-material (intangible)
List TWO factors influencing the spread of the Jamaican culture.
1. Migration
2. Social media
3. Music
4. Technology
State three characteristics of culture
learned
shared
dynamic
Food, music, language and dance are not popular aspects of our culture
FALSE
Explain the difference between material (tangible) and non-material culture.
Material culture refers to the physical objects, resources, and spaces that people use to define their culture while non‐material culture refers to the nonphysical ideas that people have about their culture.
Explain the following statement:
"Culture is Dynamic"
"Culture is Dynamic" means that culture is constantly changing. Culture is fluid rather than static, which means that culture changes all the time, every day, in subtle and tangible ways.
Give THREE examples of material culture and TWO examples of non- material culture.
material culture
churches, schools, food, clothes, plant
non material
norms, values, customs, traditions