Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Celebrities go through so much more than the average human on a daily basis. Although being a celebrity has its perks financially and fame wise. They have to put in twice more work for it to pay off. For example. They music industry is an industry that can be tiresome and cruel because of the work it takes to make one song or album. Singer and musicians have to pick out music and sing on key and put the right elements in just to make a good track.. That right there sound like too much. Artists also have promotions they have to do to support their music.. That included interviews on tv, radio, magazines, and online. Not to mention touring. It's safe to say that being a celebrity is nice and alll, it takes dedication, discipline, and drive to strive for success.

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

The first example I have for social currency would be "The Dab," dance move. not only does certain people can do it. It actually a pretty cool dance move that people do and has became an epidemic in the past months. It relates to being an insider, that people want to know how to do that dance move to make them feel cool.
http://mashable.com/2016/02/04/whats-the-dab/

Second example would be Fantasy Football that happens every year when football starts. Fantasy football in a way that it's a game, we want to achieve the best football team to win many things, such as money.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_football_(American)

My last example of social currency in todays current world would be the one and only Rihanna. Her song "Work," is not only infectious, but it makes people want to dance and have fun just like she is, When releasing a hot video and dancing in that video, that makes people make choreography videos and parody's  to show your interpretation of what you are feeling when listening to that song. That shows characteristics of being an insider.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eO6RRuoNFs

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Tattoos? What's the misconception?

In tattoos, mixed messages can be perceived in many ways. One of those ways would be why some people doesn't like it, rather than people that do like it. This misconception had been going on since the 1900's. People that don't like tattoos usually make a claim that people with tattoos are people that are of the lower class and "thuggish." While to some people tattoos are a piece of artwork. It's a part of who they are and can represent what their about.  

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Violence? Terrorism?

George Gerbner believed and recognized that violence in media could alter your mood. While he didn't think that could necessarily happen all the time. He emphasized that correlation between watching TV and reacting to it. Between the video on terrorism and George's insights, its safe to say that the relationship between pop-culture and terrorism have a negative and positive effect. While 57% of people think that torture works, it really doesn't. That ties into cultivation theory in a way that what they see in the television world about terrorism is reality, in all actuality it is not.