From our class readings and my individual research studies, I agree that popular culture is “merely entertainment” because it is comprised of a number of agreed elements or principles that are crucial aspects of our contemporary lives (Cullen, 2013). Hence, depending on people who are defining popular culture and then...

I grew up on a stretch of the I-5 corridor in Oregon, staring out the backseat window, shuffling from one parent to the next. Every other weekend, I made the scenic trek from Douglas to Lane County, losing myself in the passing landscape. I have always been a quiet observer,...

Mass media is all around us in different forms, yet how much of it can we trust is actually give us reliable information? The focus of this essay is on how to obtain trustworthy and reliable sources of news from mass media, including the internet and TV. The vast scope...

Over time, I befriended with one of my classmates named Mohammad who is particularly interested in information technologies and social media issues. I interviewed him on his perceptions and reflections on the phenomenon of social media and its effects on our life. My first question to Mohammad concerned the nature...

The two metaphors described in the Media in Society text (2012) that best describe the current news media are media as interloper and media as information. Media as interloper refers to a perception of the news media as coming from a source that seems either out of touch, or does...