What is the difference between subculture and micro culture?

Answer 1

A subculture is the same thing as a counter-culture, they both mean that a group of people do not follow the status quo, that is pretty much it.

**A subculture is NOT the same thing as a counterculture.

Subculture: part of society that has different ways of thinking, acting, etc but all under and within the dominant culture; example: Catholicism

Counterculture: societies trying to fight against the dominant culture; example: hippies

Answer 2

A culture is a group of people with common cultural ties, such as American culture for example. A subculture is a smaller group within a culture, such as goths, rednecks, etc. Also, a culture is largely determined by where a person resides, and a subculture is more a matter of choice.

Answer 3

microculture, sociology wise, I'm guessing is like microworld: your smaller world that you have direct contact with (as opposed to macroworld, which is the bigger world we only have knowledge about)

subculture is like sub genre - ie, with music, you have rock, and then a sub genr of that is pop rock.

could only think of this example-wise, but i hope this helps :)

Answer 4

A subculture is a culture that is hidden or beneath the principal culture e.g. the hippie subculture in San Francisco in the 60s. A micro culture is a very small, specialized component of the main culture e.g. Korean restaurant owners within the immigrant population of San Francisco.