I mean, these terms are not the same, however you define "popular"
Quoting Chuck Grimes <cgrimes at rawbw.com>:
>
> Good point Yoshie. The name "popular culture" obscures the difference
> between the work of artists ...(and).. culture produced by mass
> marketing...
>
> ...Likewise, if someone is critical of the culture
> created by mass marketing, it would not be accurate to accuse them of
> elitism.... Joanna
>
> -----------
>
> I prefer to look upon mass culture as `official' culture, that
> produced by the establishment for the masses. It has essentially
> nothing to do with traditional arts primarily because the media are
> different. So, whatever opinions or critiques of it are not critiques
> of the masses, but of officialdom.
>
> Chuck Grimes
>
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