Assignment 3-1

Ok so I have been watching the television and I have come across a series of a show called Sixteen and Pregnant. Are you serious Sixteen and Pregnant? So I guess what this means is that it is perfectly fine for teenagers in any culture to get pregnant at an early age. When did this become ok and become a trend to follow is the question at hand? This show airs every Sunday on MTV practically all day, which means not only are the children/teens home but they are more than likely watching television and if you know teenagers like I do then you will know that one of their all-time favorite channel.


From the era of what I grew up it was not ok to come home and tell your mother that you are pregnant before the age of 18 and even that was still a disappointment, so why now? Why is it ok now for these little girls to go out and get knocked up and not only have the full support of their parent (which would be expected in an unfortunate situation?) But also have full support of their peers and society because society wants to broadcast it on the television for the world to see that sexually active teens’ getting pregnant is ok. My opinion is that this mess needs to stop because the world is already full of people that are struggling so why add to the confusion. Yes I do not deny accidents happen but they can be slightly prevented just through conversation, sometimes that’s all it takes.

I have a 10 year old daughter and all I can say is I sure hope people change their minds about the outlook on babies having babies because if not a lot of us parents are going to be in trouble. I hope that these smaller children don’t have to grow up seeing the nonsense although I don’t see things changing any time soon.

Icons Analysis

3 Contemporary Icons

1.      SpongeBob

2.      American Idol

3.      Lebron James

SpongeBob has been selected because of the influences the character has on not only small children but teenagers and even adults. Because of the humor of the character it is age appropriate for absolutely anyone.

American Idol   was selected because it gives individuals of different cultures and backgrounds the opportunity of experiencing something new with hope of following dreams at the same time. My opinion is that American Idol has lived up to its name and it is just that an American Idol.

Lebron James of course has been chosen because he is not only an icon but a role model and so many other things to so many people. He is the most praised and idolized since Michael Jordan. Lebron has fans all over the world and his success and fame seems to have only just begun.

Weekly Written Analysis: 2

The pop culture topic of the week that interests me is how rap music typically stereotypes its listeners and the people they rap about as being thugs and killers. In some cultures of the world the things being spoken about are popular in their cultures and environments.

Although a lot of these stereotypes have indeed been proven to be true to a certain extent through the actions of the individuals relaying the message. It is my opinion that this should not be considered cool or even is a topic of popular culture, but we hear and see these very issues in media day in and day out. So what does this mean we sit back and ask each other while questioning what the media has to say? Could it be that the media is what’s making this topic an issue and not popular culture? Could it be that because the media is spending so much time focusing on things of this nature that they are causing the topic to be popular?

Every day I find myself flipping through the channels on my television set and coming across some type of news brief that is focused on the “hip hop” world. Whether it be positive or negative feedback its always there. Of course where I come from I can first handedly say that hip hop music is not the cause of the turmoil going on in this world. I can agree and say it may influence but it is definitely not the cause. Where I come from people are killing over money and material things not because what they heard someone say on the radio.

So with that in mind I feel that stereotyping hip hop/rap music is not helping with the outlook of individuals its only forcing them to believe something that just plan is not true.