Confession of a Pop-Culture Addict Essay

Now that I have your attention, I’d like to come to my topic about the ascendancy and deprivation that pop culture has made; first of all, I believe that pop culture is a reflection of social change, and not the cause of social change. I say this because many researchers have come across the question â€Å"how would teens react to a certain show? † â€Å"How much power does popular culture truly have? † Media seems to be perceived as the problem in every corner, when in fact humanity is just evolving. Why question diversity? And why must we humans put a reason and a cause towards a dilemma that doesn’t necessarily follow a certain culture? The fairly aged generation may argue and say that media is the devil. In my opinion, I believe they are just contradicting themselves; how can one side with media when it fits their cultural beliefs and previous experiences but side against it when media previews other point of society views? Pop-culture is all around us indeed. Music, television, and street posters are one of the most commonly used methods in viewing media. The pros and cons of pop culture weigh each other out. To me, media is a matter of optimism and pessimism; for example, â€Å"is the cup half empty, or half full? a more related example to our current life style are women in the virtual world. A little inside about how women are perceived in media is that they are tall, thin, organized, and always running a perfect, healthy life style. An optimistic person would find this as a motivational â€Å"push† to his/her life; whereas a pessimistic person would find these goals unreachable, and wouldn’t try pushing themselves to their limits. Thus, media is not the influencer neither the influence, but rather a source of entertainment and a way of propagating information to the world in order to stay united as one union.