Pop Culture and my beliefs

 When I think of Pop Culture I tend to think of names and things I hear in the media. For example: Miley Cyrus and how she has changed from teen icon to Pop Icon, Robin Thick , Brad Pitt, and other " Great" names.  I think of how the tabloids and they way the population views such people or images creates what we call "pop culture". By acknowledging trends and fads and introducing them into our lives and the lives of our children we are generating a new kind of culture and what is and not acceptable according to society's norms. We are what give authors, singers, designers, artists, models, the media the power to change and form and become what we know as pop culture.

 By understanding pop culture and what the trends are and are not in a business aspect can help promote certain goods. It can allow authors to know what kind of books to write. Pop culture can allow directors to know what kind of movies should be made and music artists to know what style of music to make. Knowing and understanding pop culture allows society to adjust and continue to make a profit. In the Criminal justice field however it is important to understand pop culture because it can help identify troubled youth and or adults and can allow criminal justice professionals to know what are just Fads and what is really a cry for help. 

What would you consider to be an example of a pop culture artifact? And why would you choose it?
I believe when I hear artifact I think old and history, but in the pop culture sense it is different. I think a huge artifact when it comes to pop culture would be the technological advances and the fact that most people adults and youths carry a cell phone, and not just a cell phone but usually a smart phone. They are constantly texting and searching the web and on Social Medias like Facebook and Twitter. I remember when I was in school the big one was MySpace, now everyone is on Facebook and Twitter. So I believe that adults as well as youth are part of the bigger plan by supplying them all with the technology to carry on a conversation through text instead of in person or even over the phone. Some pop cultures I believe de-socialize people and make it to where social situations are a little more awkward then they once were.  Don't get me wrong I get on Facebook, I text, I surf the web to get my information, but I also do not rely or have to have facebook, texting, or a phone. I enjoy family time and hanging out with friends and being social. The ability to be social takes a person to another whole level that will benefit them in the long run.