Does popular culture psychologically affect society's self-perception? Society spends an alarming amount of time on social media outlets such as television and the internet to follow their favorite celebrities. This unhealthy amount of exposure to these people, who are being constantly trained and edited into these “perfect” human beings, causes the average person to feel insecure and go through extreme measures to resemble them. Alarmingly, those who are being affected the most are innocent teens and even pre-teens, whose minds are starting to develop a need to be constantly worried about their outward appearance. Some believe that pop culture is not the cause of this surge of self-dissatisfaction, but blame it on the lack of interaction between parents and the child with body dysmorphia, or even …show more content…
Many of the older generations support this explanation however, lack the research and studies to support their claim. On the contrary, those who believe that pop culture