(AP). TOLEDO, Ohio — Ray Browne, an Ohio university professor who was credited with coining the phrase "popular culture" and pioneering the study of things such as bumper stickers and cartoons, has died. He was 87.
Browne died at his home Thursday, according to his family and officials at Bowling Green State University.
He developed the first academic department devoted to studying what he called the "people's culture" at Bowling Green in 1973. (read full text)
Browne died at his home Thursday, according to his family and officials at Bowling Green State University.
He developed the first academic department devoted to studying what he called the "people's culture" at Bowling Green in 1973. (read full text)
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Definition of popular culture by Ray Browne
Definition of popular culture by Ray Browne
Popular culture is the way of life in which and by which most people in any society live. In a democracy like the United States, it is the voice of the people — their likes and dislikes — that form the lifeblood of daily existence, of a way of life. Popular culture is the voice of democracy, democracy speaking and acting, the seedbed in which democracy grows. Popular culture democratizes society and makes democracy truly democratic. It is the everyday world around us: the mass media, entertainments, and diversions. It is our heroes, icons, rituals, everyday actions, psychology, and religion — our total life picture. It is the way of living we inherit, practice and modify as we please, and how we do it. It is the dreams we dream while asleep. (read more)
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