... Girls, wearing a miniskirt, a tube top, and makeup. Jennifer Lopez (right), in the movie industry, and Britney Spears, in the music industry, show how pop culture depicts women, to have the "sexy" look no matter what they do, as they exercise or just going through an ordinary day. As people walk through shopping ... slaves, if you see something time and time again, you start to believe it as truth. "Seeing is believing." Men have similar pressures from the pop culture. Just like women, advertisements for men are everywhere. In movies, the man who always get the girl is depicted as a roman...

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POP MUSIC HAS IT RIGHT America is the land of opportunity. Children are raised and taught that America is the best and they can do whatever they want. At this moment, ... of war, did these people choose to use their social popularity to try to convey a message to the American People? Music is definitely headed in a better direction these days. Popular culture in general is really important now a days. No longer do we have to struggle with choosing a side or picking out what makes us feel good or what we believe in ... ...

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Popular Radio These days you get into your car, flip on the radio, and what do you hear? A barrage of fake music. Lets name just a few to familiarize you with what I am speaking of: Back Street Boys, N" Sync, Brittany Spears, 98 Degrees, Christina Agulera, Jessica Simpson, the list goes on and on. Where did this surge of teenybopper music come from? Well, it has always been around, yet I don't think it has played such a role in popular music like it does today. Groups like New Kids on the Block and Minueto were some of the first "boy bands" and Paula Abdul and Madonna were among the first "fem...

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... hot in here, so take off all your clothes,"" and "Baby don't you wanna dance up on me,"" are all lyrics from popular songs in today's pop culture. These are just a few of the very many risqué lyrics to today's most popular songs amongst teenagers. Not only are the lyrics very suggestive, ... could almost be considered a soft-core pornographic video. And then there is the second pop princess, Britney Spears, "all grown up- in her video for "I'm a Slave for You,"" where Britney bears all. In addition to the pop stars of today, the rappers in the media also display women as just merely obj...

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... cool was music and drugs and protesting "the man" and war. The 70's was the era of peace and love. Then came the 80's, a time when pop music blew up, monster ballads and hair metal was in. It was after this that we reached the 90's and cool took on many new faces that had ... say the concept of cool is more one of unity and one community mind. In the Frontline presentation, "The Merchants of Cool" they went into the teen culture and how it revolves around the concept of cool. This video went in to corporate America and tried to show they are capitalizing on the concept of cool among ... ...

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Is Britney Too Sexy? Britney Spears is the teen pop princess and probably the most powerful influence on the children of today's society. Her barely-there wardrobe, the implants, her spicy lyrics and her "girl-next-door- fazade are the ... a point. She wanted to point out that it is difficult to raise confident young women who will stand up against domestic violence with so many negative images coming from popular culture. There are just so many incidents and gestures that Spears does that get critics riled up. Carol Weston, a mother and author of advice books for girls, thinks there is a li...

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... a beauty mark on her left cheek just like Marilyn. I can remember watching Madonna's video, Material Girl, and my mother saying how much she looked like Marilyn. Britney Spears, a modern day pop star, has in every way tried to copy Madonna and Marilyn Monroe with her ever-shrinking waistline and skirt. Britney is seen as a modern day Marilyn Monroe only because of ... her profession. Marilyn Monroe has been idolized since her death 41 years ago, but more recently than before. She has been an icon and role model to many modern day pop stars. Marilyn was the beautiful girl next door. Men ...

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... up controversy with videos of her own, very much like that of the Madonna model. There are many figures in the entertainment industry that have had significant impacts on our culture. Madonna is one of many who have indeed identified a desire in audiences that were previously untapped. Madonna has made very unique contributions to the American imagination. From her outfits to ... worse, depending on how you look at it. Some mothers would have not wanted their children watching Madonna's videos, or reading her book, yet they know that Madonna has evolved a pop culture from the moment she...

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... Roberts. She also wrote she hopes by the time anyone reads her book that Britney Spears and N"Sync are outdated. This makes me think that she cares very little for pop culture and mainstream audiences. She admits that she is somewhat an irresponsible writer by telling her audience she doesn't keep a journal but rather catalogs her experiences in her head until she ... ...

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