Argumentative Essay On Pop Culture

Watching Family Guy, Shameless, The Kardashians, and Bob’s Burger where the main characters are played and portrayed as white people shows the domination of white people in the entertainment industry. Brooks and Hebert argument provides an understanding on how people of color are not casted into leading roles because white people have created a hierarchy of how race and gender are represented in media. The media pushes white people to dominate the leading roles and gives people of color insignificant roles. Those roles where people of color are typically antagonist or uneducated, which does not make you want to watch it. I believe it is the media fault for why I have a strong fondness for white television. They limit my desire to see other television series or movies because they created their shows in a way where the white protagonist is favored and you want them to accomplish their desire

Pop culture, what does this term even mean? It seems to be a word that contains subjects of media, social structure, and society as a whole. According to the dictionary, pop culture is defined as “cultural activities or commercial products reflecting, suited to, or aimed at the tastes of the general masses of people”. In the society we live in today, we are constantly surrounded by pop culture, either that is with television, magazines, different sources of social media and/or exposure to others. Due to pop culture being such a dominant contribution into our world today, it has effected many parts of society. The domination of social media has created idealistic views that are stressed upon female adolescents in particular. Upon media’s influence, traditional tactics and work have been modified in order to keep up with our technology oriented society. This alters the schools and education systems. Through the use of television, social media and other means of pop culture, serious study is necessary due to the negative effects it has on the younger generation and the effects it has for their futures.

In "What is Popular Culture and Why Study It?", Mrs. Smith states that since pop culture is so intertwined with our daily lives, it would be in the best interest of viewers to study and learn about just what exactly pop culture is. Pop culture can easily be, but shouldn’t be, confused with the elitist word "cultured". Being cultured is the practice of bettering yourself through experiencing new things. While as pop culture is simply what is popular in our culture today.

In the first chapter of The Rhetorical Power of Pop Culture by Deanna Sellnow, the author defines popular culture and explains the importance of studying the subject. Sellnow begins with a short explanation of ethics to convey that the influence popular culture has is not always used ethically. Secondly, Sellnow compares the different contexts of culture, elitist and diversity, to explain what popular culture is not. Popular culture is compiled of everyday things that influence people through subtle messages such as what is appropriate and inappropriate, good and bad, and so on.

I agree completely with Monika’s claim that lack of representation, whitewashing, and stereotypes are the issues in American media. I think the media don’t understand the importance of diversity and how it positively impact society. In fact the author’s stated that absence of minorities in shows where set in cities that have high present of minorities population which means that there are a race better than others and that’s what is going in the media displaying white race as more intelligent, affection and other races can’t survive without the white race .In the article the one the issues with whitewashing was replacing minority roles to white actors. However, The media argues that representing the minorities as mine characters may lead to

Mainstream media is the single most influential aspect of American culture, and it’s failing all the people that consume it. While the majority of viewers are perfectly satisfied with what they’re being fed, they’re only getting empty calories. They don’t know they’re starving. But minority groups can feel the hunger pangs, and they know exactly what will satisfy them: diversity. America is missing out on its biggest, and most readily available, way to positively change society, and it doesn’t have to be that way. In order to gain acceptance for minority groups, all the mainstream media needs to do is focus on diverse characters, treat those characters with the respect, and keep them on as quasi-permanent members of the cast.

Some people say that tv is too white but tv may be majority might be white but there are sitcoms with other ethnic bacgrounds as the main character like the hit sitcom blackish made by kenye barris it talks ab out going throught life in 2017 as a middle class black familys even thought holly wood has been critizzed of white washing in films such as ghost in a shell or dr strange but even thought tv is mainly white people can say that sports are mainly black in the nba there are tons of of black atheletes like lebron james shaq Stephen curry even the movies have black charcters like smuel l Jackson I think tv is mostly white but people with ethinic backgrounds are coming to tv slowly but shirly.

In many books, shows, and movies, white people are usual seen as the heroic protagonists. Since the beginning of literature and film, people with light skin always have held the center of attention. Whether it be playing the superhero that saves the day, a rich business man, a spy or simply a husband to four kids. White people have had it all. But hey, at least not all pieces of entertainment are the same…right?

To begin, pop culture is the mixture of prospects, objects, and media that becomes trendy in our current era. The accusations spawn from very specific examples, such as Nikki Minaj’s Anaconda for the lewd lyrics and visuals, or the entire goth movement, or the increase in correlation between obesity and technology. While you can think of many negative things to say about these specific examples,

Pop culture is a modern culture that is displayed through mass media such as movies, internet, magazines, billboards, music and fashion. Pop culture defines what one should wear, act like, but is generally aimed toward the taste of younger people, like

Music there was not a lot of pop music back then in 1917 there was country music and all that But know in 2017 there is a lot of pop music country music any music know u could hear but they didn't have a lot of musics back then.

What is Pop Culture, Who is involved with Pop culture, is Pop culture even important? Pop Culture is a modern popular culture transmitted via mass media and aimed particularly at younger people In today’s society. High schools are where all the trends and latest fads are set. How you dress can be the deciding factor whether you are “cool” or “popular.” Pop Culture can allow you to see how people dress and give a good idea of what is an idea of cute clothes or not.

What is pop culture? Pop culture is modern cultural patterns that are passed through mass media through the use of an expression of society and the environment. It has been influenced by music, movies, commercial advertisements and modern technology which has gotten popular throughout the years. Pop culture has brought a battle either mocking or showing a low value of feminism in pop culture. Many artists such as the famous, Madonna and other artists have portrayed feminism through music and books throughout the years.

Popular culture, better known as pop culture, is defined by many as the latest trends in society. If you ask members of today’s generation what pop culture is, you might get answers such as: Justin Bieber, The Wop dance, The Fault In Our Stars movie, and several others. Although, if you ask an older generation, you will get different responses from Michael Jackson and leg warmers to The Breakfast Club and all the trends that made up the 1980s. It brings up a valid question, what does pop culture really mean? Pop culture can mean many different things depending on who is defining it. According to sociology professor Tim Delaney (n.d.), “It is generally recognized as the vernacular or people’s culture that predominates in a society at a point in time” (p.5). Pop culture is dynamic; it changes as the desires of generations do, especially within the youth population.

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