Category Archives: Student Posts

Internet and Pop Culture: How to Handle it Wisely? by Annur

A television show that was broadcast in only America kept the culture group relatively small. But a Web site can reach anyone with computer access. In the past, pop culture was spread through print, radio, movies or television. It now … Continue reading

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Obsession with celebrity by Panicha

I chose my topic about an obsession that young people have with celebrities. In other word, this is known as Celebrity worship syndrome. It is an obsessive addictive disorder in which a person becomes overly involved with the details of … Continue reading

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Cheating Culture and Social Media by Emilia

Getting cheated on is one of the most painful, non-physical experiences you can put someone through. The betrayal of trust, the late nights wondering ‘what could I have done different’, the self-blame, the trust issues that last for years, there … Continue reading

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The effects of internet phenomenon in popular culture by Jungmin

The Effects of Internet Phenomenon on Popular Culture  I chose internet phenomenon among other phenomenon for all of us to study deeply into it because we inevitably access internet every single day, which enlarges the influence it can have on … Continue reading

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Music In Movies

by Rebecka Landowski Music in movies has come an extremely long way since the beginning of the moving picture. Movies started as moving pictures only.  Black and white film and no sound.  After the 1930s, when sound and music were … Continue reading

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How TV has Evolved Over the Past 80 Years

By: Ryan TV has changed a great deal since its invention in the 1930’s. We as a society have gone from a few channels and very simple programming in the early days of the Television, to today’s more narrowcasting view … Continue reading

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The Phenomenon of Sports

Ariana                I think because I love sports every idea that pops into my head about relevance to popular culture I think of sports. Even in Rome they had sports. There was always competition and I think it would be … Continue reading

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By: Rebecka

Instagram in Popular Culture Instagram is a relatively new photo-sharing smart phone app that launched in 2010.  The app allows users to share pictures and short videos with their “followers.”  Users are able to apply different “filters” that give the … Continue reading

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Reality TV’s Effects

Reality TV has never been of much interest to me, though I did have a bit of a phase where I would watch some of the first to air shows on MTV, like Room Raiders, Next, Punk’d, and other absurd … Continue reading

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Easy. Breezy. Beautiful. Product Placements.

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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