Mass Culture

Definition of Mass Culture

The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Mass Culture: A set of cultural values and ideas that arise from common exposure of a population to the same cultural activities, communications media, music and art, etc. Mass culture becomes possible only with modern communications and electronic media. A mass culture is transmitted to individuals, rather than arising from people’s daily interactions, and therefore lacks the distinctive content of cultures rooted in community and region. Mass culture tends to reproduce the liberal value of individualism and to foster a view of the citizen as consumer. See: POPULAR CULTURE / MASS SOCIETY in this legal dictionary and in the world encyclopedia of law..

Mass Culture: Resources

Notes and References

• Drislane, R., & Parkinson, G. (2016). (Concept of) Mass Culture. Online dictionary of the social sciences. Open University of Canada