Popular culture is a modern day melting pot of everything that influences us. From music to television, magazines to commercials, we are bombarded on a daily basis with a mass amount of information that can play into our development as people. Having read up a little more on popular culture you start to realize just how much you are influenced by it. For instance, I’m currently watching T.V. while listening to Nine Inch Nails, notating my thoughts here for all to read. What makes me different from the guy who sits quietly in a library to work effectively?
Comprehending the world we live in and how influential pop culture is within it is a constant task. Things change all the time and we must constantly adapt. Magazine ad’s from the 1950’s won’t sell as well now as they did then as that technology has grown and our minds eye needs more than what it used to. To grow and be successful you must realize this and grow with popular culture or risk falling behind the pack. I think that in relation to my own life and experiences, with wanting to own my own business in the future, I must learn to be aware of the elements of pop culture; to recognize the fads, embrace counter cultures, recognize what’s become part of the masses.
I chose the Apple brand computer to be my specific pop culture artifact as it has grown to such magnitudes that it’s seen throughout the world and is known for it’s breakthroughs in the technology realm. It’s ever growing and ever changing, in search of newer and better things. Ever since the first computer was introduced several decades ago our lives have changed. We have the capability to send mail in a matter of seconds, can chat live with someone on the other side of the world, search for an answer and find it with the click of a mouse. Apple sees that, and wants more, and won’t stop until they produce it.
