Blog#10: Unit 2 Reflection

       By reading “What is Pop Culture?”, I know pop culture means common people prefer. It is not for the educated and financially privileged. Pop culture includes objects, people, events and places. I know what is different between fads and trends. Fads mean popular for a short time. Trends mean popular for a long time until now. My Aha moment was fads. I didn’t know the word before. When I did the project that found two fads, I always thought it meant popular for a period, but I didn’t know what was different with trends. One of the fads I found was Smurfs. I heard other people’s presentations. When I finished my presentation, I knew Smurfs was not a fad. I knew the fad’s meaning at that time. I know culture will change in the future. It can be fixed. When I learn pop culture, I should figure out the meaning and study the deeper meaning. By researching how to become a star, I knew it usually included talent and effort. I watched a TED talk video which was about cultural integration. I know if combine with two cultures, there will be pretty. Keeping own culture is also important otherwise it will be lost in the world. In the presentation of a pop star, I chose Jack Chan. I researched information online, and I knew he didn’t finish elementary school. When he faced difficult things, he never gave up. This spirit is worth studying. The team presentation was difficult. We need to monitor each other. I knew some popular TV shows and people in the 70s. It is too far from us, so I didn’t know that anymore. I put Changeable to express this unit because pop culture is not constant. It is fixed all the time. Maybe it is just a little bit. It will be changed and passed on.