WHY STUDY POP CULTURE by Tasha M. Lee
I Don't Want to Study I Want Pop Culture to study ME! Would you vote for a candidate because that candidate trended on media? According to the article How Does Pop Culture Influence Political Moments ? by Susan Smith Richardson: We are more influenced by our pop culture than we think (Richardson, 2022). As we learned in Module 1, Pop culture is indeed ubiquitous. Are we picking up political views from the pop culture cues? Polls indicate we are. According to the article The Rhetorical Power of Popular Culture: Considering Mediated Texts , “popular culture persuades by empowering and dis-empowering certain people . . .” Which people? Is persuasion empowering and dis-empowering by design? According to presidential campaigns? The answer is yes! As I read each article and reflected on the power of Pop Culture, I could not help but think of how influential th...