Category Archives: Spring 2012

Easy. Breezy. Beautiful. Product Placements.

Posted on May 29, 2012 by psupopc

By: Tai How do we understand reality TV within the context of the increasing commercialization of popular culture (you might think of product placement and advertisement within reality TV)? In today’s entertainment world, it’s hard not to be bombarded with … Continue reading →

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Unreality Shows – By Kia

Posted on May 29, 2012 by psupopj

Reality shows are unscripted, unedited shows, where they represent the life of ordinary people rather than professional actors. The genre started around 1949 with the series called Candid Camera and the genre became very powerful and popular within 50 years. With a … Continue reading →

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How does reality TV affect us?

Posted on May 28, 2012 by psupopa

By Reny The Impact Of Reality TV Nowadays there are soooooooooooooooooooooooo many reality TV shows and about so many different things! Personally, I enjoy reality TV shows because even though they are supposed to be “reality” most of them are … Continue reading →

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Internet is transforming our communication and relationships by Rulla

Posted on May 15, 2012 by psupopa

Coming from a country that lived through an economic sanction for thirty years and did not have Internet until 2003, is difficult to accommodate in a technological base/internet base culture. I was born and lived for nine years in Iraq … Continue reading →

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Learning from YouTube

Posted on May 11, 2012 by psupoph

By: Carl YouTube has been very helpful for people to learn how to do things. If a person has something they are wanting to learn or figure out how to do they can just go to the website and type … Continue reading →

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Delete you from Facebook, Delete from life

Posted on May 10, 2012 by psupopa

by Reny How is Facebook changing social relations? What new norms of behavior are being evolved (such as etiquette around friending and de-friending)? I never thought the day would come where deleting someone on Facebook meant deleting them from my … Continue reading →

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Foundations for Relationships: Can it Still Be Found?

Posted on May 9, 2012 by psupopc

By: Tai In a world where most of our population is dominated by spending the majority of our time online, its no surprise to see that youths lead the frontline. The article Protecting Youths from Online Harassment, published by the Harvard Mental … Continue reading →

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Social Relations – Has Anything Really Changed?

Posted on May 9, 2012 by psupopa

By: Kirsty Online social interaction has taken over our lives. I doubt I know more than a handful of people who aren’t on Facebook and/or some other form(s) of social media. Is all this online communication, partnered with less time … Continue reading →

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60 Hours a Minute – By Kia

Posted on May 9, 2012 by psupopj

YouTube was founded in 2005 by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim. The website became so popular that in less than one year, Google purchased it for $1.65 billion. Most of the videos uploaded here are generated by individuals’ even though … Continue reading →

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Cult Classics

Posted on May 7, 2012 by psupopf

By: DJ Popular Culture – Topic Selection Paper             For the weeks that we get to choose the subject, I think it would be interesting to look at the phenomenon of “cult classics.” There is not a solid definition for … Continue reading →

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