Popular Culture's Influence On American Youth

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Popular Culture's Hold on America's Youth
(attention grabber) It is not difficult to see evidence of popular culture’s influence in practically every aspect of American students’ daily lives. Popular culture has not only taken over the aspects of the American youth’s daily lives, but has malignantly taken over their thought processes, opinions, and beliefs. The profane music that is listened to, posts retweeted, subtle “shade” thrown at peers: they are all signs of the effect that entertainment holds on America’s youth. Take a moment to check out the cheerleaders “whipping” at the next basketball game, note the Donald Trump jokes floating about the lips of students, and acknowledge the omnipresent obsession with body image. Countless examples …show more content…

However, they are not constantly bombarded with it everywhere they go and therefore would not be as affected. The problem is much more drastic in America because teens cannot take one step out of be without seeing a negative advertisement, post, or message. Those in other countries also have a different outlooks/interests in other topics in life such as cartoons and anime as a result of influence from their own countries pop culture influences. Under different circumstances where they were to be surrounded by the constant bombardment of American advertisement and popular culture, it can be declared almost certain that they would transform into clones that reflect the American influence of popular culture. …show more content…

The simplest explanation of popular culture is “Modern popular culture transmitted via the mass media and aimed particularly at younger people” (English by Oxford Dictionaries, 2017). Various surveys conducted have shown that youth is most influenced and is the biggest audience of pop culture. Although popular culture affects more than simply young people, its largest audience is students (Kavadlo, 2015). Its offensive intuitions are present and demonstrated in high schools across the nation in the following instances: football games, pep rallies, classrooms, and even the mouths of some teachers. In an environment with a disquieting high suicide rate, full of tyrants and bullies, it is no wonder mental illnesses such as depression and anorexia rates are staggering

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