Last week, I wrote about what I thought about the word “culture”, what it meant to me, and how it related of coming of age. I discussed on how culture to me meant the customs and beliefs of your past generation passed on to you and creating that to your image. This week I’ve now realized there are many other factors of culture that influence our way of life. Pop culture plays a big role if not more on who we are and how we behave. I discovered that many aspects like television and social media affect culture and change it frequently. In Tim Delaney’s ‘Pop Culture: An Overview’ he mentioned “popular culture encompasses the most immediate and contemporary aspects of our lives. These aspects are often subject to rapid change, especially in a highly…
Pop culture evolve from the postwar era. For example, Churches have increase in numbers, People rely on internet and cellphones to communicate. Television, Radio and Internet provided us with information we need or want to know. News reporters have took advantage in turn fact into fiction with news information. After the postwar era more entertainment and amusement parks went up.…
Current trends and areas of popular interest in arts, entertainment, and sports are often referred to as “Pop Culture.” There are numerous sources of information on the Internet that measure and report on current topics of interest within Pop Culture. Some of these areas of interest include…
Advances in media technology over the past decade and century have no doubt had a large influence on major social and cultural changes throughout the world, if we look back at what has happened throughout 2011 alone we can already see this is true.…
Our second essay is a response to the readings from the Chapter “Is Pop Culture Actually Good For You?” and should include specific references to the text when appropriate. You may also develop the essays with examples from your own lives or other courses you may have taken that covered similar themes. In other words, personal experience is o.k. to use as evidence in your essay, but keep in mind that this essay is primarily a response to a text. You must use at least one of the texts as the “they say” to your “I say.”…
The course provides an introduction to the most prominent forms of media that influence and impact social, business, political, and popular culture in contemporary America. It explores the unique aspects of each medium as well as interactions across various media that combine to create rich environments for information sharing, entertainment, business, and social interaction in the U.S. and around the world.…
Entertainment media has had a profound effect on the way American culture has evolved. It has at times brought people together and equally torn them apart. Music, television, and film provide an incomparable outlet for expression. They allow individuals (and groups) to inform, to share what is important to them, to be creative and innovative. With all of the different types of entertainment media in America, society is exposed to so much more than would have been possible without these mediums.…
Jessica D'Aprile, I thought that your example of the Twilight film and books as an example of pop culture were an excellent choice and I agree with you. This is a series that definitely meets the requirements of pop culture. The book series became extremely successful and the film became a high grossing film that spawned numerous sequels. This had a big effect in pop culture because at the time audiences were responding to it. This was a series that showed a different and modern take on vampires and romance. Although, "the series faded away", other shows such as "The Vampire Diaries", developed from this series. Other authors such as E.L. James (the author of "Fifty Shades Of Grey") had their books expanded into films as a result of this success.…
If you observe people in today society many people are influenced by the extreme grasp of social media. “Marketing, Media, and the First Amendment: What’s Best for Children?” written by Susan Linn, talks about how advertising plays an important part of directly advertising to children. William Deresiewicz the author of “Faux Friendship”, writes about how friendships have been becoming more centralized through social media instead of being centralized through person. Lastly “Subculture and Style” written by Dick Hebdige discusses how culture, such as the corruption of social media, ties into everyday life. Although all three authors Linn, Deresiewicz,…
Popular culture is the ‘quantity over quality’ result of a society’s generational interests. Trevor Dunn, an American musician once said “Pop culture is not about depth. It’s about marketing, supply and demand, consumerism.” Pop culture defines the extremes of real culture; we want to see and hear and feel things that push the norms and limitations of everyday life. America has become desensitized to the violence, the scandal, and the oversaturated reality of popular media. It’s important to remember that society only follows popular culture; it’s merely the creation of the few rich, selfish individuals who put it on for us to mindlessly enjoy.…
During the 1970s, pop culture in America was beginning to reflect the divided nature of American society during that time period. It began to reflect the changes and opinions that different subgroups exhibited. Pop culture made it obvious that society had many different views on their types of leisure activities that they participated in. The changing culture was greatly influenced by society’s views on topics such as, sporting events and films/movies. Baseball was greatly affected by different views; some of society had issues with this idea of big business, while others simply enjoyed the game. Also, movies started to reflect the consensus of America and their changing opinions of relevance. Baseball and movies greatly influenced the varying views of society, pop culture, and a contested culture.…
The continuity and change of the mainstream media is triggered by the digital revolution as well as the rise of the internet. This change has been sudden for the most part. As a result, there have been developments owing to the evolution of the mass media; social networking cites have emerged thus increasing personal interaction between people of different cultural backgrounds.…
The internet has made it easier to get news and ideas across in an efficient and effective manner. Social media such as Facebook and Twitter has connected millions of people to one each other. It’s a tool has also shaped what is and isn’t socially acceptable anymore. It’s also a tool that makes it easier for opinions and facts to spend. Also it's easier to spark discussion on topics that maybe are considered controversial. With social media, Americans can reach a large amount of people in a short amount of time. According to studies, the average American knows about 200 to 600 people (NYTimes, 2013). Compare that number to someone with thousands of Facebook friends. Most celebrities have millions of followers on many social networking platforms. A large following on social sites means a bigger platform and opportunity for ideas to spread. For example, a person a thousand online friends sharing an article on Facebook. Of course not all those people are going to read the article, but a lot still will. Facebook is a great platform to get points across but there are others who are bigger. YouTube is a great platform to get points across to a large follow with the help of multimedia tools. Videos tends to be more appealing to people than reading. Youtube has become a popular social network over the past decade. Millions of people are able to upload and share videos about anything. YouTube has even become a career for many. The video sharing site has allowed people to discuss topics like abortion, sex, and more. Let's take a YouTuber such as Laci Green for example. She has a large following with about 1,000,000 subscribers. Green also has over 125,000,000 views on YouTube. (Laci Green YouTube, 2015). Laci Green's YouTube channel mostly have content about sex education, and feminism. Her videos aim to educate people about topics that most Americans avoid talking about. Sex Education in schools has been a…
Right from its advent, popular culture has denoted entertainment and trends of the lower class of people. It has always struggled to make a positive impact in the society. Popular culture is mostly created by media, schools, art, and law. Media is the most powerful weapon in the creation of popular culture in the society. All forms of entertainment such as films, music, television shows, etc. have contributed greatly towards popular culture.…
Three trends that are followed daily in popular American culture are social media, media sources, and politics. Social media uses the Internet that enables an extensive number of people the means to communicate. Examples of social media are Facebook, YouTube, Blinklist, and Digg. These different sites allow people share the latest fashion trends or fitness plan to drop 10 pounds in 10 days. These websites also lets the individual’s blog, share photos, and videos, as well as comment and vote on articles that have a significant meaning to that person. Media is the next trend similar to social media; however, dissimilar. Different types of media consist of TV, Internet, movies, press (magazines and newspapers), and the radio. We see these and hear these sources broadcasted every day at home, in the car, and at work. We see or…