Pop Culture is how to describe our culture today. It is a culture filled with the influence of the media and the internet. The article, Photoshop for Democracy is a great article that allows us to see the influences of Pop Culture in our lives today. Pop Culture plays a huge role in politics. Our generation is filled so much by technological advances, why not get politics involved. The internet and media can be very overwhelming and too much at times, however when it comes to getting things out there, it is a great place to do it. There are so many people constantly on the internet and websites, they are bound to run into a little campaigning. It is also a great opportunity to get younger kids involved, since the internet is most populated with the younger generation. I found a video on You Tube that takes Pop Culture to another level. This video, I Am Afraid of Americans, is a very interesting and a bizarre video. It shows pictures of America and Americans through history. America is a place of the unexpected, which can be very scary, but it is life. One of the clips that was shown was of politics, specifically Bush, not being necessarily portrayed nicely. The article, Photoshop of Democracy, spoke of photo shopping as being a tool to portray politics. Yes, I do think the internet and blogging is a great way to spread the word, but at the same time we have to take it with a grain of salt. We can not always believe what is out there or let photo shop corrupt our mindset. The example on You Tube I found showed real-life pictures of our history through the good and the bad. However, it was a very negative portrayal of America. Politics have done bad, but they have also done really good. What we have to remember is to take the good with the bad, and trust our judgments with the influences of the media and internet.
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You made some very good and interesting points about about the way politics are portrayed today. There is so much bias media out there on the internet about politicians, their campaigns, and their stands on issues today. There are many things out there aimed at the younger generation but I just hope the younger generation will critically consume all this media and not just believe everything they hear.
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