Popular culture is the range of attitudes, behavioral patterns, beliefs, customs, and tastes that are apparent of any given culture. Popular culture does not necessarily mean what the entire mass media deems as a favorite, it just has to be popular within a big group of people or followers. Popular culture is all around everyone. It helps shape ideas and feelings in every aspect of life. I believe the television and newspaper ads play an enormous part on popular culture. Every advertisement, every commercial shows a new product with the latest technology.
Every industry promotes the same general theme, “You can’t live without it”. It is up to the media on whether or not the product or idea will survive. No matter if you open the local newspaper or watch the evening news, you will hear about a new product or idea that is being presented to the media. It seems the most talked about item is how technology advances new and improved ways to play games.
Businesses promote on the newest technology for their products. They will listen to what the majority of people want in any system, whether a computer or a video game console, and try to make the system better than the competitor. Businesses need to keep with the every advancing technology if they want to succeed. Most consumers want the newest and latest items that are available, which means the businesses need to adhere to the current popular culture of that society.
Everywhere you look, you see a new game for Playstation or Xbox, which has every child or adult rushing to the stores to be the first one to have. There is a constant battle between Sony’s Playstation consoles and Microsoft’s Xbox. Each year the gaming technology becomes more advanced. You can buy a video game console and talk to people all across the world.
I have chosen the PS3 as my popular culture artifact. The PS3 has become a new way to play games with people all across the world. Contrary to the earlier versions of the Playstation console, the PS3 is more like a computer. You can play Blue Ray movies, play games online with anyone with a PS3, and voice chat during game play. The internet access from the PS3 is free; you just have to have to carry internet access. PS3 has now become one of the best game consoles. The sales have even superseded the earlier model, the PS2.
Some people might feel video games are nothing more than useless cup holders, while others state the video games will enhance motor skills. It all depends on the group of people and whether that group enjoys video games.
Every industry promotes the same general theme, “You can’t live without it”. It is up to the media on whether or not the product or idea will survive. No matter if you open the local newspaper or watch the evening news, you will hear about a new product or idea that is being presented to the media. It seems the most talked about item is how technology advances new and improved ways to play games.
Businesses promote on the newest technology for their products. They will listen to what the majority of people want in any system, whether a computer or a video game console, and try to make the system better than the competitor. Businesses need to keep with the every advancing technology if they want to succeed. Most consumers want the newest and latest items that are available, which means the businesses need to adhere to the current popular culture of that society.
Everywhere you look, you see a new game for Playstation or Xbox, which has every child or adult rushing to the stores to be the first one to have. There is a constant battle between Sony’s Playstation consoles and Microsoft’s Xbox. Each year the gaming technology becomes more advanced. You can buy a video game console and talk to people all across the world.
I have chosen the PS3 as my popular culture artifact. The PS3 has become a new way to play games with people all across the world. Contrary to the earlier versions of the Playstation console, the PS3 is more like a computer. You can play Blue Ray movies, play games online with anyone with a PS3, and voice chat during game play. The internet access from the PS3 is free; you just have to have to carry internet access. PS3 has now become one of the best game consoles. The sales have even superseded the earlier model, the PS2.
Some people might feel video games are nothing more than useless cup holders, while others state the video games will enhance motor skills. It all depends on the group of people and whether that group enjoys video games.
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