On Power Relationships In Popular Culture

Since the west mass culture came into being , it was disputable, and had been criticized severely. There is completely difference between Chinese and west mass culture, but as the economy invaded into the culture, there is something in common . so ,it is possible to use west mass culture theory to analyze Chinese mass culture.Mass culture is not independent, it's something that been united with relationships. Among the relationships with economy,intellectual and so on, mass culture also related to power, the relationship between mass culture and power is deep and hided. About the relationship between mass culture and power, many scholars make deep analysis and research ,from Birmingham Shool to Frankfurt School,from Bourdieu to Foucault ,based on these theories, the passage make a systematic narration about the relationship between mass culture and power, which lined with the mass culture product,transmit,consumption. Mainly included intellectual and culture power, economic power and mass culture, society capital power and mass culture, symbol power and the power of mass. Especially the influence of economic power is huge, it make the mass culture has so many negative meaning.Many scholars take a critic attitude toward the power relationships in mass culture, however, we should take a dialectical attitude toward the power in mass culture ,it has positive and negative meaning, we should not criticize it completely.