Pop Culture Blog- D.Faust

The first portion of this paper requires the student to actually define the meaning of popular culture and explain what it means to us individually. According to page one of our text popular culture is defined as the system of attitudes, behavior patterns, customs, tastes, and beliefs (Browne, 2005).It also states that it is the entertainment, diversions, icons, rituals, and actions that shape a society’s everyday world (Browne, 2005).  The second portion of this question is what popular culture means to me. Well it affects the way we do things in life everyday because it makes us act in a certain way or at times ways. I believe that it is highly important because the culture of one generation needs to be passed on along so that the new generations can learn from the old.

The next portion of this paper will be in regards to describing and understanding why popular culture is relevant to the business environment and future career. Well it is important to me in both ways considering I am getting my degrees in business in marketing so a thorough understanding of this concept is critical for me. From what I have gather it is important because it is what sets trends and it is how people tend to act. This affects businesses because they have to shift the markets to meet certain needs in or to gain a profit. In order to do that, they must be able to identify the culture of the market and their tendencies. It is how new trends get set, what historical movements take place- things of that nature.

The last portion of this paper will be in regards to the following question: What is an example of a pop culture artifact and why would you choose it?  I would consider the internet as a popular culture artifact because it changed the world. It is probably the single most important artifact out of any civilization besides maybe the creation of the wheel because of its power and availability across the world. It affects each and every single person life in one way or another if you know it or not. A more recent pop culture artifact would be the Twin Towers memorial in New York City. Simply because of what had happened there and what that day was like.