Popular culture or pop culture is the entirety
of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, images, and other phenomena that are within
the mainstream of a given culture, especially Western culture of the early to
mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the late 20th and early
21st century. Heavily influenced by mass media, this collection of ideas
permeates the everyday lives of the society. The most common pop culture
categories are: entertainment (movies, music, TV), sports, news (as in
people/places in news), politics, fashion/clothes, technology and slang
