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    Cultural icon - Wikipedia

    A cultural icon is a person or an artifact that is identified by members of a culture as representative of that culture. The process of identification is subjective, and "icons" are judged by the extent to which they can be seen as an authentic symbol of that culture. When individuals perceive a cultural icon, they relate … See more

    According to the Canadian Journal of Communication, academic literature has described all of the following as "cultural icons": Shakespeare, Oprah, Batman, Anne of Green Gables, … See more

    Describing something as iconic or as an icon has become very common in the popular media. This has drawn criticism from some. For … See more

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    • Biedermann, Hans (1994). Dictionary of Symbolism: Cultural Icons and the Meanings Behind Them. Meridan.
    • Brooker, Will (2001). Batman Unmasked: Analysing a Cultural Icon. Continuum.
    • Edwards, Peter; Enenkel, Karl; Graham, Elspeth, eds. … See more

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    The value of redefining the cultural icon is to more accurately describe its current role in networked digital culture and to establish a com-mon vocabulary to describe it as a distinct cultural phenomenon in twenty-first cen-tury North American popular culture.
    Cultural icons can also be identified as an authentic representation of the practices of one culture by another. In popular culture and elsewhere, the term "iconic" is used to describe a wide range of people, places, and things. Some commentators believe that the word "iconic" is overused.
    These popular cultural icons share characteristics in common with all icons: the ability to function as repositories of collective cultural values, a ubiquitous presence in popular culture, and roots in specific socio-historical contexts that contribute to their iconicity.
    Background The role of cultural icons in twenty-first century North American popular culture has been under-theorized in communication scholarship. This is a significant gap in knowledge, given the importance of the icon as a public text through which collective cultural values are symbolized.
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