Michele’s Culture
I am; who I am, and I’m that way because of the culture I was brought up around. I’m not a classical music enthusiast, more of a country, classic rock girl. I’m not computer savvy, but I can type seventy words a minute on the keyboard. I have an Ipod that I can barely program and I can take or leave my cell phone and don’t even ask about text messaging.
Popular Culture
Popular Culture to me is everything that is the latest and greatest, that day. The manufacturers of these products or people for that matter, hope to make a big enough impact on the consumer so you will need to have their product, watch their television series or want to be shocked by their “fallen star”. What this means to me is family culture may be fading into the background for young people. I know that growing up in a house hold where I was the channel changer or the antenna if I touched the rabbit ears just right, wasn’t my “in” into the cable network industry, but I was there with my family. Now days, kids are in another part of the house on the internet, cell phone, playing Xbox or listening to their MP3 players, maybe all of the above. Just try to get them to spend some family time with you and notice how you bring them down, by trying to bring them up.
Business Culture
Technology has come a long way since I was the channel changer in my house, thank goodness. And, now you look at televisions and they are flat, no dials, no buttons, no rabbit ears and they hang on the wall like a picture. In business, I’m using that technology to my advantage, getting my employees “the best” the flat screen monitors, fast computers and yes one of those flat screen televisions for training presentations. I love the advancements of today’s technologies and I hope it continues to make my life and my employees lives easier at work and at home. But, I still miss my kid playing games that are on a board and not on television.
Artifact and Conclusion
The Brady Bunch is my pop culture artifact, as you read earlier I long for the family setting. When I was younger, I would rush home from school, turn on the TV and I would get to watch the Brady Bunch before dinner. I couldn’t wait to get home and even if the show was a rerun I would watch it religiously. I’m sure there were advertisements for the Brady Bunch, much like for today’s programs, but I can’t remember. I’m not sure what drew me to the show, maybe it was the Brady’s non-dysfunctional ways and how close they were, or maybe it was just
Marsha, Marsha, Marsha.
2 comments:
I understand why you chose the Brady Bunch as your artifact, but I didn't understand why you thought it was "popular culture". It was years ago but I think that popular culture as you stated in your post is definitely steering away from it. Unfortunately!
Pop culture is a dysfunctional family, I wouln't quite describe my life as the Osbourn's but I would totally relate my family life to Raymond! Marie and Frank are totally my in-laws and Raymond would be my clueless hubby.
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