Popular Science

One might overlook that Science and Technology go hand in hand. They function as a pair to create the world we live in today. Oscar Handlin shows us this in his writing, Science and Technology of Popular culture. He explores the depth of these and what misconceptions come along with them. The traditions of Science and Technology have been practiced for many years. The traditions practiced has came with distrust to science but also a great achievement to humans by the technology it has created. Oscar Handlin explains that scientist are not always looked at as individuals that create technology. He goes on to say, “a deep underlying distrust of science runs through the accepted attitudes of people in the most advanced nations.” This distrust…

The popular science article “You May Be Able to Train Your Brain to Be Fearless” published by The Huffington Post discusses the study “Limbic Activity Modulation Guided by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging–Inspired Electroencephalography Improves Implicit Emotion Regulation” conducted by Dr. Talma Hendler. I find that the pop science article doesn’t portray the information correctly. It fails to include terminology and key results; specifically, the downsides of the study. The article’s sole…

The 1950s was a frantic decade during American history, WW2 just finished, the baby boomer generation just commenced, paranoia of the Communist conquer was rampant and racism was at its high especially in the southern parts of the US. Popular Culture or otherwise known as Pop Culture started during the 1950s in America. It brought to light other perspective and views of society that were considered radical and degenerate. Popular Culture had many branches such as fashion, music and film where…

I. Summary In recent years, we have seen an increase in the people who adopt the hipster culture. The hipster culture is defined as rejecting anything and everything mainstream (Omar 2016). Many hipsters are known for listening to alternative indie music, shopping at thrift stores, being an active liberal protestor, etc. (Weeks 2011). Novelist Hal Niedzviecki realized that similar non-conformist activities and ideals that he himself believed in or partook in after some time became accepted and…

worries of the world. Entertainment comes in all shapes and forms, books, plays, movies, television shows, documentaries, et cetera. Entertainment is supposed to bring us together and make us laugh but instead, it is becoming political. The entertainers of today often make their entertainment so political that the quality of entertainment is affected dramatically. In this essay, I will point out some political moments in the TV series Bill Nye saves the world and explain how they sneak politics…

is in 1963. A great amount of classic books and great writers appeared at that time. I believe that in that inevitable trend, more writers tried to do some experiments in the fiction and mystery book field, just like what is happening right now. “Authors and artists of popular culture commonly report similar experiences, and they just as commonly identify those events as the source of their creative powers” (3). I guess creative source is another important reason. In paranormal topic works,…

In the article, Scholars Spend As Much Time With "The Love Boat" As With Shakespeare, by Robert Trussell, he argues on how the importance of popular culture is overlooked by scholars who claim it does not meet academic requirements. Trussell explains the effects of popular culture and how they change culture itself. Although it is commonly under heavy criticism from scholars who view it as trivial, he believes that popular culture should be studied in the way past culture is studied today.…

Popular Culture Postmodernism possess both a positive attraction and a usefulness to the analyst of popular culture as it offers a wider and more dynamic understanding of contemporary representation. It has entered into a more diverse number of vocabularies and has spread outwards from the realms of art history into political theory and on to the pages of youth culture magazines, record sleeves and fashion spreads. In the book “Postmodernism and Popular Culture” by Angela McRobbie, she talks…

Ancient Stories in Popular Culture George Santayana once said that “those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” While Santayana’s quote usually accompanies a discussion about reckless wars and terrible genocides, it can also demonstrate that despite all of our technological and academic advancements, human nature stays the same. Which is why years, decades, even millennia will not change the effect that a great story has on humans. Epic tales of heroism are repeated and…

Firefly: The Best of both Worlds Popular culture introduces individuals to communities, heck it helps create communities. Think about the TV shows and the bands you like, you are drawn to others who also enjoy those things, right? Just like fables and fairytales, shows like Firefly, the Simpsons, Parks and Rec, or Avatar bring people together through common interests and viewings. TV shows and movies have created huge communities around them and have given people who are literally across the…