My popular culture topic is how people put so much information on their Facebook.  I feel the best theory that best related to my topic is popular icon and ritual.  I chose popular icon because people follow certain people like they are their icon on Facebook.  They feel that they have to see what is going on in that person’s life and they are always checking what their status is.  People also follow famous people on Facebook.  A lot of famous people have Facebook for their fans.  Then I also chose ritual because people make being on Facebook a everyday thing.  They wake up brush their teeth then get on Facebook.  Some people check their book a lot in one day.  People have Facebook on their phone so they are always on it and its just at the palm of their hand.

            The most interesting findings that I found were just how much people get on Facebook.  I’m one of those weirdoes that don’t have a Facebook so it’s not in my life like other peoples.  I just find it so strange how much people are on Facebook, creeping on people and their lives.  My oldest sister is seriously on her Facebook more than she watches T.V.  She is a stay at home mom so she has some times on her hands when her kids are napping or watching T.V or something.

            I don’t think I will ever look at Facebook different in my life.  I know I will never get one and I will never want to be on Facebook creeping on people.  People make it such a thing in their life it’s not healthy and I really don’t want that type of thing in my life.  Some people can have this kind of stuff under control but other people have a lot of issues with it.  There are people that get upset with what they find out on Facebook and they make it a habit to be on certain people’s pages.

            In conclusion, I feel that my popular culture topic is a really good topic to look at and I feel that it is becoming an issue in some people’s life so it was a good topic to learn a little more about.  Becoming obsesses with this type of thing happens very easy for some people but others can control it.  It just depends on the type of person that you are.

 Assignment 1-4-5

My popular culture topic is what people chose to put on Facebook.  These days everyone puts just about anything and everything on their Facebook.  For Facebook and formulas, I couldn’t really think what people put on their Facebook that really involves formulas.  The only thing I can think of is musicians or someone that wants to make movies or music videos or something that wants to take professional photos they would post this kind of stuff on their Facebook to have people look at it and tell them what they think about the stuff they have done.

            I believe Facebook is a good way to get your name out there and let people know what you are doing as a profession.  The theory that I though applies to my popular culture topic is convention.  I am not real positive if that is a good formula for my topic but I thought it could be because with have people put on Facebook what they think about a persons work would help them out with making changes.

            A lot of people like to know if what they are doing is good or not.  Facebook is actually a great way to get your name out there for a new job that you are doing or a great talent that you have.  For example, I know a girl that does photography and she is still in college so she doesn’t have her own business.  She just takes really good photos for people and they pay her a small amount for the film and that type of stuff.  Then I also know a girl that is a hairstylist and she puts all her information on Facebook to get her name out there and let people know what she is doing with her life these days.  

            In conclusion, this formula isn’t a bad way to get your name out there on Facebook.  It’s a great tool for your career.  Many of the other analysis I have done Facebook wasn’t such a great thing for people because they put way to much information out there on the internet but for your career you want to much information out there to let people know!

Journal Article Analysis

 

The article I chose is called Diagnosing Drama: Grey’s Anatomy, Blind Casting, and the Politics of Respresentation by Amy Long.  This article is about how the storyline and characters of the show Grey’s Anatomy fails to show the ways it maintains inequalities through the reproductions of the gender binaries and racial hierarchies.  The show tries to work to uphold the concerns of race and gender at the same time as if seeks and some succeeds at challenging these discourses.  The article is based on the pilot episode and the fairy tale romance that is revealed in the shows.  The show and the producers both contest and concur with the traditions that they would prefer to always encounter throughout the show.

            The article I believe is about how the show Grey’s Anatomy characters are mainly very sexy white females and males.  This is the first season that they are analyzing and in that season there is a lot of young modeling looking doctors.  If you look at the season that is on T.V now, there are more African Americans in the show.  The article also says that there are stereotypes in the T.V show for example “interns Meredith Grey, ChristinaYang and George O’Malley learn that their resident (the more experienced surgeon under whom they will work)

will be Dr. Bailey who has earned the nickname ‘‘the Nazi.’’ When another doctor points them toward her, they (as well as the viewing audience) are surprised to discover that ‘‘the Nazi’’ is

neither ‘‘a guy’’ nor ‘‘a Nazi’’ (as George and Meredith respectively expected), but a short, somewhat heavyset African American woman.  As George, Meredith, and Christina hesitantly approach Dr. Bailey, fellow intern Isobel ‘‘Izzie’’ Stevens—who, it is frequently noted, grew up in a trailer park and worked as an underwear model to put herself through medical school—posits that perhaps Bailey’s ‘‘Nazi’’ persona derives from ‘‘professional jealousy. Maybe she’s

brilliant and they call her a Nazi because they’re jealous. Maybe she’s nice.’’ Christina rolls her eyes and quips that Izzie is most likely the model she and Meredith had heard was part of the program. In this way, the show sets up a connection between Izzie and Bailey predicated

on their experiences with ‘‘professional jealousy’’ and name-calling” (Long 2011, pg. 1070-1071).

            I do agree with what the author is saying but never really thought about it.  The show is good and I don’t think people watch the show and say this producer is a racist.  The producer has to do what she has to do in order to make this show a good show and she does that.  Many many people watch Grey’s Anatomy and love it!  Amy Long does make some good points about how this is affecting some people in life and that it does cause some problems.

            Is this article important or not?  I say no, some may say yes!  I don’t feel that is.  Everyone has their own opinion and we are allowed to have our own opinions but I don’t feel that this article is important at all.  The producer chose the actors and actresses because they are the ones that fit the characters that she made up.  All of her characters are so good and the whole show fits with everything that she has going on in the show.

            Many people may say yes this article is so important because this producer is being a racist and she is stereotyping on different people but that is what happens when you are making T.V shows and you can’t make everyone happy.  It happens all the time but it this was a huge issue then no one would watch Grey’s Anatomy but just like Amy Longs opening says “

On February 5, 2006 nearly thirty-eight million viewer chose to forego post-Super Bowl celebrations in favor of tuning in to a much-hyped episode of ABC’s hit medical melodrama Grey’s Anatomy” (Long 2011, pg. 1067).

            In conclusion, Grey’s Anatomy is a good show and the producers should not change anything about the show because what they are doing is working very well for them.

 

Reference

Long, A. (2011). Diagnosing drama: Grey’s anatomy, blind casting, and the politics of representation. The Journal of Popular Culture, 44(5), 1067-1084. Retrieved from http://0journals.ohiolink.edu.olinkserver.franklin.edu/ejc/article.cgi?issn=00223840&issue=v44i0005&article=1067_ddgabcatpor

Heroes and The Cult of the Celebrity. 

 

My popular culture topic is how people put everything going on in their life on Facebook.  Both of the theories go a long with my topic heroes and celebrities.  Heroes are a figure that people look up to.  Celebrities are people that other people look up to and watch the celebrities every move.  Children, teenagers, and adults look up to both of these figures.  Either of these are not for just one certain age group.  

 I believe these theories describe my pop culture topic because Facebook is very popular just like a celebrity.  People follow many different celebrities on Facebook.  Celebrities have fan pages and they put different things on their page for their fans to follow them.  I believe some people look at celebrities as heroes because of different movies they have done or different things that they have be involved in.  There are even Facebook pages for different movies that are made and people follow that page just because a certain celebrity is in that movie.

The insight that I get from applying these theories to my pop culture topic is understanding why people follow celebrity fan pages.  People are in love with image.  So with having these celebrities on Facebook and being able to look at the celebrities pictures; people are in love with that.  I am sure there are people that sit on Facebook for many hours just looking at different celebrity’s pictures and they compare their selves with them.  It doesn't make that person a sick person.  It's life we all wish we were a little better and looking at the heroes or celebrities make people feel better about them selves at that moment.  It doesn't last long that's the major issue.

            My popular culture topic is how people put everything that is going on in their life on Facebook.  I believe this has kind of become a ritual for people because they want people to know what is going on in their life.  People also make it a ritual to get on Facebook every day.  Putting so much on Facebook can also be stereotyped.  With people so much on their Facebook people stereotype people just because what they put on their site.  I believe stereotyping is kind of like judging people and people judge other people all the time just because what they put on their Facebook.

            These theories describe my topic by how people put things on their Facebook.  With things going on different people’s lives, they feel like they need to put certain things on their site for example if someone has a baby they put pretty much everything about it on their Facebook for people to see or read.  With people doing this they turn it into a ritual because they feel like they have to keep their friends on Facebook updated.  I feel a lot of men judge women when they add pictures of their bellies when they are pregnant.  For example my friend was pregnant and she added a picture a couple days before she gave birth so she was big and my boyfriend and his friends were judging her.  Boys don’t really understand what women go through when they are pregnant they just see the picture and they judge.

            The insight I gain from this is that people judge everyone and you just can’t stop that.  Everyone every day gets stereotyped.  It has become part of our nature these days.  Especially with so much of peoples information out there on the internet everyone talks about everyone and people turn this kind of stuff a ritual just to find out the gossip.  This will never stop; it’s just how people are.  I think people are becoming to obsessed with the internet but that is what the internet is doing to people