Why Is Pop Culture Good For You

Is Pop Culture Actually Good for You? Pop culture has been thought to be the cause of social decline amongst humans for many years. But do we really have the right to blame anyone but ourselves? Pop culture may provide violent videogames and inappropriate television shows, but we as human beings make our own choices and should not be influenced by mere fantasy. Pop culture can actually provide American’s with beneficial results through depicting American culture, intellectual programs, and cognitive videogames. Many parents control what their children watch on television, tending to block programs that are inappropriate and disturbing to the child. But do these parents bother to educate themselves on the background of these “inappropriate” shows? I know that when I was a child my mother had just about every show on Adult Swim blocked because of vulgar language and hurtful jokes. For example, Family Guy’s humor could be constructed as offensive (Peacocke, 306) but its intentions are much more beneficial. Antonia
Although not all videogames are socially inappropriate, those that contain blood and guts has given all the others a bad rep. Yes, some games provide nothing but violence and anger. But have you ever noticed yourself thinking about different strategies to obtain the main goal of the game? Videogames that focus more on a person’s cognitive ability allow creative thinking and a wider range of narrative variability (Bissell, 355). In the videogame Fallout 3, a player creates his or her character to be intellectual, strong, or charismatic. This selection differs from the usual videogame choices of weapons and cars. Fallout 3 requires a player to take a ten question aptitude test in order to customize their character indirectly giving real life scenarios. This form of character design provides the most streamlined, narratively economical and interactive videogame yet (Bissell,