Pop

My love for K-Pop began years before Psy ever erupted onto the American pop music scene with his ever so popular song “Gangnam Style”. To be exact, I have been a long time fan of the genre for roughly seven years now and am still to this very day an avid listener and fan of K-Pop. As a young fourteen-year-old at the time, I remember wanting to search for new music to listen to and had discovered K-Pop music videos largely by accident by simply clicking on recommended videos on YouTube. One of…

As I have grown up through my childhood and pre-teen years, the different elements of pop-culture (books, TV, movies, music, etc.) have had an impact on me. I have never been the type to be able to consistently watch movies, because no matter how interesting, I always end up falling asleep somehow. However, one of my favorite genres is dramas with suspense. Something about mystery-based movies makes them so compelling and riveting; they always leave you guessing. Above all, horrors are my…

“You play the way you practice” (Warner). This quote is from football legend, Glenn “Pop” Warner, creator of plays like the forward pass. Football was derived from rugby. As this sport evolved over the years, so did their fans and players. Coach Pop Warner created one of the best offensive line-ups, the single-wing, and changed the game of football because it made it harder for the defense to find out where the ball was. Glenn Scobey Warner started showing a lot enthusiasm in sports at a…

It is to say with certainty that in today’s society, pop culture has a pronounced influence on our everyday lives and the decisions that we make. Although we may not like to admit it, pop culture largely assists in shaping the type of men/women we grow up to be. With young children being the primary target of pop culture, it is clearly evident how it can significantly impact the way in which we respond to different stimuli. While pop culture is commonly accepted worldwide it is uncertain if the…

biggest historical events of the 1960s affected pop art in many ways. Some of the biggest historical events of the 1960s were Marilyn Monroes death, US sends troops to Vietnam, and the assassinations of JFK and MLK. After midnight August 5th, 1962, Marilyn Monroe was found in her home in LA dues to an overdose of sedative drugs. Due to the Gulf of Tonkin incident of August 2nd and 4th, 1964, President Lydon B Johnson sent US troops to Vietnam. On March…

In pop culture, many themes occur when talking about gender. Pop culture items include movies, books, TV shows, magazines and anything that people are paying attention to that can connect to their life. The themes that emerge throughout these items in pop culture are stereotyping, and also portrays current gender issues going on in todays society. Stereotyping has been portrayed for many years, fortunately over the year’s certain stereotypes and stigmas have been diminished. These stereotypes…

‘60s? An important thing to know is what pop culture is. According to the dictionary, pop culture is “cultural activities or commercial products reflecting, suited to, or aimed at the tastes of the general masses of people”. It varies from film to music to television to books. Things like sports, theater, politics, slang and clothes were also parts of pop culture. Although the term “Pop Culture” was officially used often, that’s what we call it back then. Pop Culture was the beginning of trends…

Introduction Pop-Tarts is a brand of rectangular, pre-baked pastry, which were introduced by Kellogg Company in 1964. Pop-Tarts consists of a sugary filling sealed between two layers of thin pastry crust. They are designed to be warmed inside a toaster or microwave. As of today Pop-Tarts are distributed to these markets; in the United States, Canada, Finland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and New Zealand. We wish to introduce the Pop-Tart to Norway, a country known for loving sweets…

America is a polyglot, multicultural country whose pop culture influences the various cultures of the world; the movie “Titanic” being a prominent example of a foreign favorite. Hence the numerous effects caused by American pop culture and the prevailing imprint that is individualism. With this in mind, in the United States, the citizens of the nation are granted rights that protect their self-expression, gender, religious, and political beliefs. Due to these types of rights, U.S. citizens are…

According to The Library of Congress, “pop culture is cultural aspects of social life distinguished by their broad-based presence across ethnic, social, and regional groupings.” Mass Media, along with the different styles, languages and transportation, can be defined as pop culture. The idea of pop culture has been very familiar with every generation since the 1960s. Pop culture made a big impact on everyday life for all children and even adults. Pop culture was common in the 1970s, specifically…