The media and pop culture have influenced society in more ways than we know. Everything that society does, thinks, feels, or believes, comes from social media or a standard of pop culture. For example, the “YOLO”, “haters gonna hate”, or any other of the ridiculous basic sayings portrayed by the media or news, are slowly consuming young people’s minds and actions. The worldly things in the media are influencing young people negatively by inequality between the sexes, loss of creativity and originality, and decreases trust in the media world. The world as we know it, is being influenced by pop culture and the media, and it is doing more harm than good.
In the essay “Still Missing: Women in the Media”, by Megan Tady, she discusses the gender issues and inequality in the media news world. Tady talks about the way men have a greater voice and opinion in the media, and decide “how to represent and portray our population in the media” (Tady, 577). Furthermore, “their choices often end up degrading, stereotyping, or ignoring women” (Tady, 577). Likewise, Tady talks about how she is not blaming men nor saying that …show more content…
Pop culture is a part of history, and has aided in communication and provided numerous advances in the social world. Television provides ways to warn people prior to a disaster, and keep people knowledgeable to what is happening around the world. Social media allows families and friends to enjoy their free time, and connect with each other when they live in different places. As you can see, the media provides many benefits to society, but often times people abuse it. People spend too much time staring at a television for hours, or constantly checking twitter to see what their favorite celebrity posted. Furthermore, people abuse their privilege to the media world, instead of enjoying the simplicities and little things in life away from the