Pop culture is ruining our society by letting them run us. People are starting to put getting famous over anything thing else including schooling and life achievements. It’s also harmful because a lot of focus is shifted from creating things to showing off on social on social media. Some people may say that it is very beneficial to society because it distracts us from what is going on in real life. Some may wonder is that really such a good thing?
Fame is starting to take over the lives of many young kids and adults. Most of these kids will do anything to just get that 15 minutes of fame. In an article by Scout Durwood it states ”A UCLA study found that in 2007 fame was the number one value communicated to preteens on popular TV. The majority of these kids didn’t care what they got famous for, just that they got super famous as fast as they possibly could.” This is also not very good for their social life for many famous people their friends are replace with followers and likes. In another quote from Scout Durwood it says ”Posting a photo of your eggsbenadict at brunch replaces the mutual enjoyment of those who are with you physically with the virtual like from people with whom you have no actual contact online.” This means that they don’t get very much human interaction which can be very bad for their self esteem.
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Instead of us picking what we like for ourselves we go online and see what someone else is doing and we do that thing instead. People also let pop culture take over so they can forget what is really going on in life. In a quote from the article Celebrity Culture Is Harmful it states that “We are enraptured by the revels of a dying civilization.” This shows that people rather focus on what is happening on the TV than what is happening in real