(noun) Widely accessible and commonly shared aspects of culture (e.g., books, movies, TV shows) consumed by all classes (the masses), but typically associated with lower and middle classes.
1. (noun) The total number of individuals or objects from which a sample is taken for study; 2. (noun) The people living in a given area such as a city or country.
(noun) A demographic “snapshot” of a population based on the birth rate, migration, and mortality rate.
(noun) A graphic representing a population’s distribution according to age and sex.
(noun) In statistical analysis, a situation in which an increase in one variable causes an increase in another variable and vice versa.
(noun) A reward for conforming to established norms.
(noun) The doctrine that society is ordered and can be empirically understood and measured; that empirical knowledge gained through science is the best method to understand the world and all metaphysical explanations should be dismissed.
(noun) A broad and somewhat intentionally difficult to define term, typically applied to the arts and philosophy that was skeptical of “objective” universal explanations of how society and culture operate.
(noun) The minimum level of income determined per locality to remain above a state of poverty.
(noun) A scenario created when low-income individuals or families living in poverty, lose welfare or tax benefits when they secure employment or a higher salary, resulting in an overall worse economic condition because of the loss of their benefits.
(noun) A small group of influential and wealthy people that control a disproportionate amount of power and resources.
(noun) The type of aging caused by gradual and inevitable biological factors such as cellular and molecular changes.