The music industry is an industry that is making billions of dollars a year. This is largely due to the impact of pop culture on music. Nowadays there are many different types of media that exemplify pop culture. Pop culture is marketed directly to American youth through the medium of large net...

Oftentimes, we hear the phrase about life imitating art and vice versa. When it comes to pop culture, this is especially true. Society and pop culture often reflect each other. One major influence in this category is the prevalence of organized crime in pop culture. Organized crime has become a last...

Paging Mr. Zappa Where's Frank Zappa when you need him? The last time U.S. senators took to wagging their fingers at media executives and threatening legal restric...

Nam June Paik was born in Seoul, Korea on July 20, 1932. He was the fifth and youngest child of a textile merchant. In 1947, at the age of 14, he studied piano and composition with two of Korea's foremost composers. The family moved to Tokyo, Japan in 1950 to avoid the havoc of the Korean War....

Popular culture is the artistic and creative expression in entertainment and style that appeals to society as whole. It includes music, film, sports, painting, sculpture, and even photography. It can be diffused in many ways, but one of the most powerful and effective ways to address society is thro...

These three articles were all about the relation of criminology to popular culture. I believe that a lot of the scenarios and perceptions towards certain violent movies are true. By using certain characters (heroic father or hard bodies) they can allow the viewer to perceive that character as part ...

These three articles were all about the relation of criminology to popular culture. I believe that a lot of the scenarios and perceptions towards certain violent movies are true. By using certain characters (heroic father or hard bodies) they can allow the viewer to perceive that character as part o...

American Ethics William J. Bennett once wrote, "My friend had observed that while the world still regards the United States as the leading economic and military power on earth, this same world no longer beholds us with the moral respect it once did, as a "shinning city on a hill&...

\"Monkey see, monkey do\" has become a well-known saying in today\'s modern, media warped society; but is it correct? What has the world come to these days? It often seems like everywhere one looks, violence rears its ugly head. We see it in the streets, back alleys, school, and even at home. The la...

We, as the American people, are immersed in the images and representations of American popular culture. The lifestyles of celebrities and those in the public eye enamor the general public to an extent that we'll sit in front of our television sets after dinner to catch a glimpse of life in the...

The Negative Effects of Media on ChildrenDid you know according to the university of Miami, 40% of the average thirty minute news program was devoted to crime? That crime on your television set may be the reason your child may thinks it's alright to bring a gun to school. Did you also know that "...

Americans Must Give Up TV Violence For the Kids, Or ElseTo the unsuspecting eye, this nation's response and reaction to the rise in number of violent acts committed by teenagers could be described as appropriately overwhelming, but when examined more closely, does America really care? When examined...

In New York, a sixteen-year-old boy broke into a cellar. When the police caught him and asked why he was wearing gloves, he replied that he had learned from watching television, if you wear gloves you won't leave any fingerprints. In Alabama, a nine-year-old boy received a bad report card from his...

IntroductionTechnological change had placed communication in the front lines of a social revolution.±William Paisely, 1985 Our work, lives, and society have been changed by new technological innovations. Maybe the most affected area by new technologies is human communication area. And these techno...

TV in the 1950's Reflected/Created Culture How many hours per week do you spend watching television? The average American child or adolescent spends 22-28 hours per week watching TV, which is more than any other activity other than sleeping. Did you know that there are more television sets in...