My Contemporary Literacies Blog

  Is Fast Food the New Tobacco?  As we all know the purpose of Tobacco is to be a highly addictive substance that most consume. You can refer to fast food as the new tobacco, due to its addictive goodness we all are guilty of. The nutrition doesn't add up, terrible quality but what makes us want it badly, We consume fast food meals due to its quickness, affordability, and most importantly its taste. The reason society compares fast food and Tobacco under the same category is due to their addictive quality. When we crave fast food we go to a fast food chain and order a junk meal with poor nutrients. This example we can note as addiction. Our Body won't function properly without balanced nutrition. A balanced nutrition helps us keep our bodies right and allows a healthy mindset. Poor nutrition like fast food brings us a negative mindset and makes us feel terrible after our cravings. Just like Tobacco! Fast Food doesn't even give a caution label or anything of that sort just l...

POP CULTURE Three words pop culture can be defined in simple words: grouping, common idea, and formed. The reason the word choice was so simple is the idea of what pop culture is. The TED talk that Phil Miller presented to us mentioned the basic idea of pop culture and how it's formed in today's generation. Pop Culture isn't internally dead, a common way that pop culture is brought to life in today's world is social media. Social media is a big part of today's world, we all use it. To agree on something through social media we often like pictures, comments, or even repost. We often form a group and by doing this, we form an alliance, our alliance forms a common idea which results in pop culture. What we see in the media is portrayed as pop culture. The memes we see. Storm Trooper and Zombie Storm Trooper are some images described as pop culture. For something to become pop culture for example it would have to get onto YouTube, go viral, and become a meme. Pop cultur...