Serial Killers

Chuck Klosterman talked about that people, who meet serial killers do not overreact, nor do people freak out about this.  Chuck says in his discussions about serial killers, is that we glorify, and promote serial killers in the media.  Chucks talks about in the literature, is that his friends knows serial killers.  Chuck mentions in the article is that when a serial killer criminal dies, they suddenly become famous for no apparent reason.  I would agree with Chuck's ideas about the topic of serial killers.  If I would see or meet a serial killer, my first reaction would be to have an anxiety attack.  Or, run as fast I can if I meet a serial killer.  Plus, when I research about serial killers, it does not fascinate me, this topic scares me.       

Accidental Racist Song

In class we mentioned the "Accidental Racist" song by Brad Prasiley featuring L.L. Cool J.   The big deal was the LL Cool J verse in the song.  I thought people given Brad Prasiley the benefit of the doubt.  However, people were confused, and did not understand LL Cool J verses in the song.  I think people thought LL Cool J rap was inappropriate, and did not fit the song.  I also think that people thought his rap was very cliché, and very confusing meaning in the song.   Plus, my reaction was people are really freaking over LL Cool J verse.  I thought this song was very good.    Sometimes people who listens to a song sometimes jump to conclusions.   Or try to assume a meaning of a song, without even taking the time; to figure out the message of the song.

Pop Culture Place to Go To

For the  pop culture place to go, to be an  "effective" American citizen.  Would be Universal Studios Theme Park, in Orlando, Florida.  This park has rides and attractions on popular culture TV shows, and movies.

Intertextuality in Pop Culture

According to your notes from class lecture the word intertextual means "The complex interrelationship between a text [book, movie, artifact, and idea] and other texts. Taken as a basis."

Here is a first example of intertextuality

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The reason this an example of intertextuality is because it is combing Nintendo characters such as Mario, and Donkey Kong with Monopoly board game.

Here is an another example of intertextuality


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The reason this is intertexutality is because this video game is combing,  a video game from Nintendo called, Tetris Attack/Puzzle League with Pokemon.  

Coolness

The articles that we read was Chuck Klosterman's article on coolness called, " The Lady or the Tiger."  Another article we read was Alissa Quart was the discussion about coolness on the TV show "Frontline"    The articles about coolness are different, however both Chuck and Alissa have the same topic to talk about being cool, and coolness.  Here are some reasons why the articles are different.
For starters, Chuck talks about food as being cool.  He mentions ads on TV about different types of cereal that are not really meant for children.  Compared to Allissa Quart she does not mentions cereal to be cool and to fit in.  She mentions the Internet, and websites, about being cool compared to Klosterman.  Chuck does not mention the Internet or websites to be cool.
Chuck  has a lot of theories about coolness.  Here are a list of his theories about trending, or being cool in society.  "Calculated Adult Coolness", "Stream teen coolness", and
"aging hipster default coolness."  Chuck defines the "calculated adult coolness" as this, "I'm referring to the kind of coolness that generally applies to people between the ages of nineteen and thirty-six."  Chuck also says that "Mainstream teen coolness" and "aging hipster default coolness" has a different definition.  "Both of which reflect an opposing (and sort of pathetic) consumer aesthetic."  Where as Quart does not mentions these theories about coolness, and has no definition about the theories of being cool.  In both of the article both Chuck Klosterman and Allysia Quart do mentions the word "aesthetic" in the literature about coolness.

Violence

The first article about violence is "APA Congressional Testimony on Media Violence and Children"  and the movie we watched the Mean World Syndrome.  Here are some reasons why these two types of media are the same.  In the article is has statistics and numbers about violence. APA article and the movie mentions the word "desensitize" or the word desensitization for their points of views on violence in the media. 
The APA testimony and the Mean World Syndrome are different is that, the APA testimony does not mentions stereotypes in TV.  The APA article does not mentions race and violence.  Unlike the Mean World Syndrome movie it shows racial violence and stereotypes portals in the media.  The APA article has a congressional hearing on violence, while the movie does not have a congressional hearing about violence. Mean World Syndrome were doing scientific experiment called "Channel surfing" to find any violence on TV.  Whereas the APA did not do any experiments about violence on TV.  

Football the Intimidation Culture

In the video we watched called Football High.  In the video, the coach mentions that they do not cancel football practice,  in case of high heat, in the summer  Because of wining.  The video also talks about if a high school loses so many games in the football season, then a football coach gets fired.  Like a professional or, a college football coach, getting fired for losing so many games.  I think that we should not take wining so seriously.  In a game you win some, and lose some in a game.  I have heard people say to other people, because their favorite team lost.  A person flocks to a winning team just for winning.  That is called a bandwagon fan.   I think that people who watch sports, or even play sports, have a fear of losing.
Plus, we televised college football, professional (pro) football, and now high school football.  Football High video said that high school football was never televised on national TV, compared to modern football.  In my opinion I think we are being too hard to high school football players.  For example a person in high school, chooses a college, and it is on television.  This can cause extreme stress for the athlete.
 Football High mentions that their tight end, and other positions are overweight.  This is socially acceptable, and normal in football today.  One of the coaches says the overweight football players was socially unacceptable, and taboo.  That is one of the intimidation culture, big football players.