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Is POP Culture all That Bad?

Posted posted by Mike Rogers @ 6:12 PM

After reading a few of my classmates blogs, something really got me thinking. In Heidi's blog she mentioned that great writings and writers were "overlooked in favor of flashy pop culture headlines." I agree 100 percent that the writings of great leaders, and legendary books, can stimulate our minds to do great things for our community, but can some things that are classified as pop culture do the same thing?
Pop culture is very popular in our world today, and whether anyone wants to admit it or not they pay attention to what is going on in some form of pop culture. This subject is so broad with celebrities, rock bands, supermodels, sports stars, and every thing else that classifies as pop culture, it is everywhere. This may sound funny but many items that you see in mass media influence your everyday life. Who is to say that you won't or haven't seen something that pulls on your heart-strings, and forces you to fight for a social cause.
I know that everyone in the class is going to read this, so I will continue under one condition. No one make fun of me for what I am about to say. Because of Brangelina (Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie) and their love for adopting children, "Saving the World, One Child at a Time." My wife wants to adopt a little boy from Vietnam. Because of Oprah, I really want to tell my father that it is OK for divorcing my mother, and because of Lindsey Lohan, I want to stop driving drunk, and snorting coke. (I am just kidding about the last one)
The reality of it is that the mass media and pop culture are in our lives most of the time. Not everyone has the time or desire to read books like Uncle Toms Cabin, or The Diary of Ann Frank. I enjoy plenty of reading from my college classes The remainder of my time goes to my family, my dog, and my T.V. So what I am trying to say is at this time in my life the only thing that will trigger social responsibility in my life will come from pop culture, and mass media.

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