The Pop Culture Blog

According to Wikipedia : Popular culture (or pop culture) is the culture – patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance – which are popular, well-liked or common. This is often defined or determined by the mass media. Popular culture is deemed as what is popular within the social context – that of which is most strongly represented by what is perceived to be popularly accepted among society. Otherwise, popular culture is also suggested to be the widespread cultural elements in any given society that are perpetuated through that society’s vernacular language or lingua franca.

It comprises the daily interactions, needs and desires and cultural ‘moments’ that make up the everyday lives of the mainstream. It can include any number of practices, ideas or memes on various subjects such as food, fashion, politics, mass media and the many facets of entertainment such as sports and literature.

Readers of The Pop Culture Blog will find commentary on what’s happening in our world that influences how we live our lives. I look forward to hearing from you about the trends and influences you see…