Outside Media Sources Does Influence Us

Q: Is it important for cultures (including Canada) to protect themselves from outside media influence?

A: Yes, I do believe that it is important to protect ourselves from outside media influences. The CRTC promotes Canadian broadcasting. We do have access to media from all over the world, but the majority of the music and pop culture we encounter is from Canada and the United States. Sometimes it is hard to distinguish ourselves from America Although we are a very different from the American culture, it is important to have boundaries. Like what Canada broadcasts all over the country should be a certain percentage of Canadian content. That being said, we should also promote globalization. I think outside media sources influence of greatly. The thing that motivates me the most is from media coverage I saw from Africa. If it wasn't for globalization, I wouldn't know what happens all over the world. It is extremely important to know what goes on in our world, and media is a great way to help our world. Although, cultures should also protect their own identity, and media in ones country is a huge influence on its identity.

Pop Culture

I don't really know how I'm supposed to write this blog because I don't know much about pop culture, but I'll tell you what I do know. Pop culture is stuff like fads, trends, icons, sayings, and even food. A brand name, certain sports and anything popular can be catagorized into pop culture. Music is a great influence on pop culture. Anything popular can be part of popular culture. A few of my favourite things in pop culture are Jershey Shore, watching hockey, Hedley, Lil' Wayne, ketchup chips, Ottawa Senators, coke, and the Source. Restaurants can be pop culture as well. Food chains become part of pop culture, or a trend, when they are a national chain, or very popular. Some examples are Tim Horton's, Sub Way, McDonald's, and The Keg. Icon's are trends that will last "forever", trends that will last a very long time. Though pop culture is very mainly focused on what is popular currently, but icon's are respected and have a great influence. After all, without icon's that once upon a time made a change, pop culture as we know it wouldn't be what it is today. Elvis Presley is an icon of the music genre rock, and Wayne Gretzky is the icon of hockey. Martin Luther King is the icon for equality between African-Americans and every other race on this planet. Marilyn Monroe is an icon, a legend. The number one icon in my life is and always will be God. Jesus and Virgin Mary are my icon's of the perfect people. Fads are things that are popular for a while, but it's more like 15 minutes of fame. Heelies are a good example of a fad. I knew a lot of people who have used white-out as nail polish, I wouldn't be surprised if it was once a fad. Hopefully, Justin Beiber will be a fad, at the most he'll be a trend. If he ever becomes an icon, this is one sad world (: Pop culture is a huge part of everyone's lives, and is significantly under rated. It plays a big role in our lives, and knowing pop culture is a decent chunk of common sense.