The Purple Expression: I'll take POP CULTURE for 200 Alex!

In class sitting going over notes from the previous class then all the sudden you hear "POP QUIZ" get out some paper. I am thinking "OH NO" trying to mentally go over all of the notes and things we went over in class. Then the questions appear on the screen; Who is the famous for being famous person who just got married. Kim K. of course, next question What couple did TMZ report are separating after 13 years of marriage: Will and Jada. After three more questions I figured it was all pop culture questions. "Question number six" Who is the Governor I do not know I figure he is some old guy who probably wears some old boring suit. Needless to say we had five questions like this so it clicked in my head these are comparison questions POP CULTURE vs. POLITICAL CULTURE my peers and I are lab rats. We all did a lot better when it came to pop culture. Why is this?

I feel like the definition of news and need to know information has changed over years. It is no longer news to know the governor or who is on the supreme court but , to know which famous person has done what. I know in Pittsburgh that if the Steelers do anything it is breaking news. News stations are longer are only source of where we get information. We turn to social sites and each other. For example when the earthquake happen I know myself personally did not go read the news paper did not turn on WPXI , but instead grabbed my phone and hit my twittter app. Sad okay maybe just a little , but it is the truth. As we grow and technology and entertainment what is are basic news is no longer considered news. For people my age we do not watch the news like we should. So the things that we identify are not probably what our parents would identify as news. It reaches down to a the lower generation the can recognize simple places like fast food before Jesus.

I personally hate watching the news because it is the same sad song. Someone got shot, someone was found dead and some other crap that is desensitizing my generation, We are so use to someone are age getting shot and dying its becoming the norm. I do not take time to read the newspaper and it is a flaw of mine with some many changes happening in the world I should be more aware but I am not. I rather watch someone spice up the news give us a different way to find out about it. That is not so harsh and heart breaking. Like the break in that happen I did not find out about that on channel four but on Youtube.