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Recombinant culture
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Recombinant culture is when cultural productions such as television shows are rehashed in a series of sequels.[1] The term was introduced by Todd Gitlin in 1983 to describe how in American television networks would create and promote sequels and spin-off over original shows, with "hits" being very rare and "a blatant imitation stands a good chance of getting bigger numbers than a show that stands on its own".[1] The phenomenon has been attributed to advertising-supported media.[1] Examples include the Superman series.[2] Positive examples of recombinant culture have included sampling in music.[3]
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- Culture – Social behavior and norms of a society
- Cultural bias – Interpretation and judgement of phenomena by the standards of one's culture
- Culture war – Conflict between cultural values
- Cultural dissonance – Sense of discord caused by a change in a cultural environment
- Cultural imperialism – Cultural aspects of imperialism
- Remix culture – Society that allows and encourages derivative works
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