Pop Culture

Pop culture is a term used for a very broad area of people’s lives. If you were to bring up the term pop culture to somebody, chances are they would know what you were talking about but wouldn’t be able to give you an accurate definition. The definition that I have found to be one of the more accurate of those out there is, “pop culture is the cultural activities or commercial products reflecting, suited to, or aimed at the tastes of the general masses of people. Pop culture involves what you see and do in your day to day lives; websites, media, trends, TV, film, actors, fashion, products, musicians, slogans, etc…”. From this definition it is apparent that almost everybody in today’s society is exposed to some kind of pop culture every day, if not all day. Society is “a group of people who share a culture and a territory” (Henslin, 4). With so many people exposed to pop culture in today’s society, pop culture has more of an effect on society as a whole than people as individuals.
A study presented to me in a lecture from my Sociology class proclaimed that, a group of 24 students at a college were chosen and split into two groups. Group A and group B. both groups were to sit down and watch a hardcore pornography film, and afterward take a survey about what they thought about it. The majority of the students said it was weird and disturbing. Group A was told to come back a month later, while group B was told to come back every week for a month. During group B’s weekly visits they were told to watch videos and look at pictures of hardcore pornography. One month after the original meeting, both groups sat down and watched another hardcore pornography film and took the exact same survey. Group A had very similar results as before, but group B was found to be more accepting and partial to the genre of film (Williams). From this study it is apparent that when a person or a group of people are exposed to something regularly it becomes a norm for them. When it comes to