Introduction
Culture is defined as peoples thoughts, feelings, and actions. It is the significant package of inner values, and norms basically believed by groups of people in the world or regions and the recognizable effect those values and norms have on individuals outward characteristics and the surroundings. In the book by Arnold (1993) culture is meant to unite people in a community, but not to separate them and is associated with the esthetic and intellectual scarcity only in its elitists form. Culture is considered by some writers to be among the most complicated words in English language and difficult to define in any other languages (Arnold 1993).
Evidence of competing understanding of culture
The main problem in our culture is the unsolved case of going beyond minority prose especially when addressing most urgent political and social issues. Lack of many voices during the historical development of this form of extended communication makes it become difficult; therefore, the central issue is democracy in culture. For instance, general values may seem obvious in some areas in the world with different history of social class. It is said that every person has right to be heard, but in realty, only few voices are heard. The culture and writings of the educated elites are the ones that matter a lot. This indicates that we have cultural and social differences that are divided according to class of people such as the educated and illiterates. The distinct intellectuals read books as well as attend seminars, and watch little television.Therefore, they assume that television does not matter very much in the culture. But the idea is not favorable to the rest, because television is the form of media that reaches majority. It is actively defining the period and shaping issues in away that is not happening in other mass media like the films or the newspapers.
Another evidence of culture is experience of watching drama. Drama used to be a special activity in local halls some times back, but it has become an everyday event for majority. This is true because in most film and television studios, drama has now taken the center stage and by watching drama, most societies have been transformed. The need for a society to view itself in a complex and puzzling social system has been replaced by television. This means that, the world has been shaped through the coverage of television especially in cases of wars where majority of individuals do not experience directly, but become part of it when they watch on the television. The book by Williams (1985) argues against the idea that, generalizing technology in away creates a global village. Instead, it’s used for many cultural forms, which existed before television, these include; news, discussions on public affairs, education, and drama. Therefore, television brings in changes, though the continuities from earlier forms of communication still exist. For example, today, in music television, the channels of music videos use similar fast –moving sequences, this is an indication that they are responding with curiosity and openness to a more mobile kind of society. There are also new forms like drama-documentaries where the camera shows a documentary format live, while at the same time, there is use of actors, which are enhanced by the camera.
According to Williams (1983) social change is driven by changes in material productive forces like the construction of factories.These changes are understood through ideological superstructures, such as religious ethic of hard work or the program of political party. The version that divides society into two areas, social production, and cultural superstructure is absolutely insufficient, because people do not leave aside their experiences when entering in a factory, school or hospital, and what is being labeled as ideologies superstructure is not simply a set of ideas, but of practices and institutions (Raymond 1983).
Reasons for the need of culture discussion
These cultural discussions were important because many issues concerning the society were discussed. Through the analysis of modernism in art, artists and writers no longer depend on their teachers, but work for the market, art galleries, and publishers.Theferore, this indicates that society has made a step on improving its culture as many people are educated and able to work independently without supervision. It also shows that, through this modernism, people bring their own sense and possibilities, with the specific kinds of cultural capital; thus compete favorably in market field.
Modernist movements in art, drama, and literature are a response to city life, migration, exile, and the terrible experience of terrorism. Artists respond to take place in relation to the dominant class that has little interest in financing revolutionary art. This shows the new changes that have developed in the area of communication (Raymond 1985).
Conclusion
Culture is a very important aspect in peoples life because it modifies our thoughts, feelings, and our actions.Therefore,different cultures should unite and work together as one so as to improve different communities and be at the same levels in terms development. All cultures are totally unique, constructed from within and must be understood on their own terms and preferably by individuals who are either members of the group or completely familiar with the groups history or language. Culture exerts such a strong force on the behavior and thought of all sentient individuals that to disregard it runs the risk of having a narrow and incomplete psychology. There is social and economical differences experienced in different cultures and these differences leads to problems. For instance, it is said that every person has right to be heard, but in realty, only few voices are heard. The culture and writings of the educated elites are the ones that matter a lot. This indicates that we have cultural and social differences that are divided according to class of people such as the educated and illiterates. The distinct intellectuals read books as well as attend seminars, and watch little television. While the illiterate suffer from being discriminated.Therefore,it is advised that different cultures settle their differences and work together as one group for a better tomorrow.
Reference List
Arnold, M., 1993. Culture and anarchy and other writings. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Raymond, W., 1983. Culture and society. USA: Columbia University Press.
Raymond, W., 1985. Keywords: a vocabulary of culture and society. USA: Columbia University Press.