THE INFLUENCE OF POPULAR CULTURE ON EDUCATION

Abstract

Popular culture is the accumulation of cultural products as music, art, literature, dance, etc. that are consumed by the majority of a society’s population. It strengthens the idea of one world as an impact of Globalization upon us. Again, the media is a conduit through which voices, perspectives and lives are brought into the public sphere. This paper tries to showcase the influence that has been laid by English literature upon both popular culture as well as media. There are several instances in the field of English literature where popular culture in the form of media has been depicted. The aim of this paper is to show the importance of popular culture and media in the lives of the people in today’s modern world with special reference to the instances taken from the domain of English literature in particular.