Is Pop Culture Good For You? - Antonio Hallenbeck


    The question "Is Pop Culture Good For You?" could be debatable in the eyes of some people. Personally I believe it is good for you and could have a lot of benefits to your everyday life. Pop culture can help with little things in life such as being bored and bringing some type of happiness, and an example of this would be going to listen to some music and enjoying yourself. Also pop culture could be very beneficial to the community because in the article that I have read called "Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted" by Malcolm Gladwell it talks about how activists started to rise up against the racial injustices while using social media platforms to get their messages across, which is a type of pop culture. The world we live in now is built off of many different types of pop culture such as, technology, fashion, video games, music, news, sports, and politics. Pop culture makes the world a very interesting place in my opinion because when you walk around or travel the world you see many different things such as different fashion types in different areas, many bizzare types of sports that you never knew exsisted such as Botashi which is a Japanese sport and one of my personal favorites, and also the different types of music that different cultures listen to.

    Pop culture is good for you in my opinion because we as people live our everyday lives using these pop cultures like I stated before, and for example if we didn't use these types of pop cultures we wouldn't be watching the news to see what goes on around the world and what to be weary of such as when a new disease or virus is spreading around. Many people may see pop culture as a bad thing because of all the negativity that can come from them, such as cyber bullying, fake news, technology taking up a large portion of a kids day making them stay inside instead of going out, or how some believe that video games turn kids into criminals of some sort. Although some may believe that it is bad for you, I believe that pop culture has done a lot of good for people in the world too, such as artists being able to express themselves through music which some people around the world can really relate to and know they aren't alone in their struggles, or spread messages of self love. One big example of this is when the music artist Logic made the song "1-800-273-8255" which talks about suicide and how you should love yourself and your life and he even gives the suicide hotline number in the song title for those in need and without pop culture there wouldn't be many ways for people to spread messages like this to people around the world who need help. So personally I believe Pop culture is a great thing and is very good for you and depending on the person they can spread very positive messages across the world using these pop cultures to their advantage. 

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  1. prof.KOctober 3, 2022 at 5:54 PM

    Antonio,
    Thanks for your thoughtful blog arguing that, despite some negative views, that Pop Culture is really good for you/us. Thanks for referencing the readings and also giving critique on everyday positive influences of pop culture on our lives. A couple more graphics next time?
    Professor Knauer

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