Pop culture to me is the identity that goes along with being up to date with current styles and trends. Popular culture encompasses morals, beliefs, opinions, thoughts, and other influences. It is essentially a term that is used to describe the popular trends of a given society. Since popular culture is also the study of celebrities, trends, and subjects that are popular with the people of that nation or common interest, it is relevant to understand it especially in a business environment, because most marketing strategies rely on current and future popular consumer shopping trends.
A good example of a pop culture artifact is a television. Since it first became commercially available from the late 1940s, the television set has become a common household communications device in living rooms, bedrooms and offices, particularly in the first world, as a source of entertainment and news. I chose this artifact because I believe that I, like most Americans have some form of addiction to watching TV. It is amazing to imagine how much time we all spend watching TV.
I agree 100% with your view on tv. I just can't wrap my head around how much the world has changed since the 40s due to the boom of television sales- and just to think, now we even have 3d tv. Who knows what we will have next! Definitely a pop culture artifact!
ReplyDeleteWilliam, I agree the the TV is the greatest invention and fad to this day. Along with the computer, kids today would be lost. Both of these items help set todays popular culture fads and trends due to commercials and advertisements.
ReplyDeleteI agree as well you have newspaper to radio to television to internet and the trends continue with a new and young generation. You makes you wonder what next in world?
ReplyDeleteI also agree, and this is also why I believe that our health has gone down too. Instead of getting out and walking, children playing, or even gardening, we sit in front of the television adn now internet, and gain pounds. I know, I'm there.
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