These theorists' views on media, politics, and popular culture along with Jenkins' concept of fan culture form the basis of this paper containing four pages. There are three sources cited in the bibliography.
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something that is integral in everything that people do, one is inclined to negate politics. Pop culture is actually reduced to something inconsequential. People do not want to admit that
it has an influence on their lives. Yet, when the Spice Girls began to attract young girls to their fan clubs, parents were disturbed by their rather sexy concerts. Parents
are also disturbed by the likes of Britney Spears and when pop culture and real life collide, the results seems to be ten year olds in revealing outfits, something that
is seen as negative. All of these negative aspects of pop culture add to the deterioration of social capital. One can argue that the media is what is at fault.
It is the only thing that makes sense. The media entices teens and younger children to behave badly. The programming that allow crazy antics to go on have influenced young
people in a negative way. It is not just the recent reality shows, but older programs have prompted five year olds to burn down their houses for example. Yet, is
media to blame or are the fans themselves at fault? Critics say that the parents should just shut the television off and let the media do what it wants. Another
question looms large. How does politics invade the culture? It seems that today, politics and pop culture are synonymous. Politicians want more than their 15 minutes of fame, but it
is fame that they crave just as the performers do. Ronald Reagan was an actor and is the perfect example of how entertainment and politics are to some extent enmeshed.
To a great extent, both embrace a contrived fan culture that affects and feeds into the outcome of the entity that drove it in the first place. Kenneth Dean and