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According to Oxford dictionary, pop culture is defined as “ Modern popular culture transmitted via the mass media and aimed particularly at younger people”. Pop culture cultivates individuals’ problem-solving facilities that allows the progression of their growth and intelligence. In the article, “Brain Candy,” Malcolm Gladwell analyzes Stevens Johnson's perspective towards popular culture and its effects on intelligence. Johnson introduces more ways of getting “smart” in “Everything Bad is good…

Going first is never going easy, however, many important introductory aspects of popular culture in the classroom were discussed, and this was apparent in the ideas that were brought up. We covered many aspects of popular culture in the questions I posed, from what a basic definition of popular culture is to how it could be used in each group members’ future teaching. An important aspect of this discussion, was that at the beginning, I asked the basic questions of what pop culture is. The…

The Contamination of American Culture In 27 B.C., it was the Roman Empire who first inspired the idea of globalization by their attempt to spread their culture to neighboring regions, but sadly failed. Then centuries later, in the early twentieth century, Germany with Adolf Hitler aspired to expand their customs and cultures through horrible actions and horrid manners. Now, today America is taking their turn to contaminate the world with their beliefs and customs. Since the emerging global…

A Moments to Myself Have you ever think about why popular culture affect us? Popular culture is what we consume in our lives and the decision in what we make. American popular culture have a positive influence on society. We are influenced by our popular culture because of the way we socialize with the social media, television, music, and magazines. Popular culture have shaped us in many ways, such as, the way we dress, do things, and connect ourselves with all of these social medias. Pop…

While doing research for this discussion, the hardest part of this discussion for me was trying to figure out what I find surprising that was popular. I would have to stem back to the “50 Shades of Grey” trilogy. This surprises me because of the content of series. I was more surprised by the audience that it was capturing. This series captured anyone from young adult (18+) to the geriatrics. From my aspect, I started to read the series and lost interest very quickly, but I do not like erotic…

sceptical friend that popular culture was a valid object for academic study? Apprehension around studying popular culture can be attributed to an understanding of popular culture as meaning ‘low culture’, and therefore having little worthiness of study. However, the conceptual division between high and low culture, is now understood to be of no relevance to aesthetic worth, but more to political and social distinctions. Remove the word popular from the question, and the consideration of…

Today’s society is filled with unrealistic representations of what it means to be successful. People often emulate the culture represented through advertisements and social media. As a result, people lack finding their individuality, due to conforming to advertisements’ norms and popular culture. This is shown throughout James B. Twitchell’s “What We Are to Advertisers.” Twitchell explains that following advertisements, consumption communities are often formed, eventually leading to stereotypes…

I. Introduction Popular culture is generally recognized as the vernacular or people’s culture that predominates in a society (Delaney, n.d.) and is everywhere (West, 2012). Popular culture, better known as “pop culture”, had been affecting our lives, whether we are aware of it or not. It is over the internet, over the radio and over the television. Pop culture’s effect on the society is evident on the way people think and perceive things such as beauty, quality and societal norms—What seemed…

Imagine that there are no more advertisements between your tv shows, there is no more Taco Bell’s advertisement that hinders the love between you and your music on Spotify, there is no more random pop-up advertisement while you are having an adventure on the Internet. It sounds amazing to at least some of us, yet the reality is, advertisement is everywhere, from the poster that is posted on the show window to the drink that the movie character is drinking, we are constantly receiving messages to…

Popular culture, or pop culture, is defined as something transmitted via mass media and ain't particularly at younger people. In our society we rely heavily upon media and pop culture to tell us what to my what to wear, and who to be up SAST with. Popular culture has a undeniably strong influence on our societal taboos. Things that are not widely excepted, become normalized when they are presented to us by the means of pop culture. One of the biggest examples of this is homosexuality and…