Pop Culture

   Write a1,500- to 2,000-wordpaper in which you do the following: 

· Discuss the history of your social issue as expressed in popular culture in general.

· Define the audience for each of your artifact categories and explore whether this audience has changed in any way. Consider whether this audience is local, global, or regional.

· Discuss what each of your chosen popular culture artifacts communicates regarding your issue.

· Analyze how at least one additional social issue relates to at least one of your popular culture artifacts.

o Race/ethnicity

o Sexuality

o Gender

o Social and economic class

o Violence

o Indecency/free speech

· Analyze access and distribution limitations for each of your popular culture artifacts.

· Determine whether or not access and distribution forces control content. Explain your reasoning.

· Explain whether your popular culture artifacts send messages that define social values or provoke change.

· Analyze how your chosen popular culture artifacts connect or do not connect with your personal values.