Scouting in popular culture

Nostalgia occurs within many individuals, communities and overall American society. From reminiscing the King of Rock n Roll, Elvis Presley, or even childhood toys like the Cabbage Patch Kids of the 1980’s. Practically in American society, the desire to reconcile and remember past historical figures or life-changing events lead to the construct of memorials and monuments. Building monuments or memorials are for the soul purpose of commemorating a person or event. Groups or an agency, in charge…

The trend in popular music is to glamorize drugs and alcohol. This music encourages young adolescents to “have fun” while minimizing the risk and dangers of the substance. Through music, deviant behaviors magnify the illusion of a carefree, unfettered life. Popular music encourages recreational drug use among adolescents by removing barriers for illicit drug use and endangering the lives of those who take part in the drug fueled culture. Music is present almost anywhere and easily accessible…

our media into a platform for victim blaming and trivializing sexual abuse. I believe that mass media helps perpetuate rape culture and, in this paper, I will examine the influence of popular media and news coverage to further solidify my argument. To fully understand the concepts in which I am discussing, I will clarify the definitions of mass communication and rape culture. Mass communication can be considered the “message transmission from…

industry like Colombia and RCA controlled the interest of the people, and what music was popular enough to be played on radio waves. The music industry was very much segregated by race and class. The post World War II adolescence is the generation that changed this. They had become tired of…

What is the Hipster Culture Really All About? What word first pops into your head when you first hear the word “hipster”? Some think high top converse, coffee drinker, others think cigarette, beanie wearing, politics lover. No matter what word we think of it always comes back to the millennial version of a hipster. No one really thinks into how this culture started and the background of it all. They first started in the 1940’s when the label was a “beatnik” hipster instead of the known…

Alyssa Potts Period 4 22 March 2017 1970s Popular Culture/Music The 1970s pop culture is a blend of both the 1960s and an individual movement impacted by the Vietnam War. It was a pivotal time in history as fashion, cars, movies, TV shows, music, sports, and disco dancing all shaped the coming decades. There was a tremendous amount of growth in the economy in the 1970s with inflation being so high. The 1970s brought the end of the Vietnam War, colorful disco fashion, and a television in every…

Ballet’s elegance and grace has inspired the world to join a dance class. With French terminology and history behind ballet, it has become one of the most popular styles of dance ever! The sacrifices are incredibly tough and the commitment is huge. You have to be very focused, determined and hardworking to be successful in this sport, you have to persevere and want to get better, much like any other sport. Ballet is a beautiful and elegant style that takes lots of skill and focus. Ballet takes…

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…

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…

Both methods of analysis perceive popular culture as material to be viewed and enjoyed by everyone, irrespective of class, wealth or status. Both methods of analysis agree that popular culture is everywhere in our daily lives and adults and children alike, are consumed- overtly and stealthily- by the pervasive messages that are delivered. Both methods of analysis view popular culture as progress, freedom and representation of our leisure interests on one hand and as the purveyor of risk and harm…