How Has Pop Culture Impacted Society

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Pop culture has immensely impacted society in many ways. The export of pop culture is aimed toward younger people, like teens, Although, some adults pick up some of the trends.In many ways pop culture has impacted the outlook on society and has gained popularity. The way that pop culture has impacted society is in a negative way. In Heather Havrilesky’s documentary review Besieged by “friends” mentions that Middle eastern people are described as angry terrorists who are anxiously waiting to blow something up as how American television and media has portrayed them. She starts off her review with “It must be tough living in the Middle East, what with all the dust and the camels and the angry terrorists running around, looking for stuff to …show more content…

Nye Jr. claims that the United States uses “smart power”. Smart power is Soft and hard power combined. In addition, there is also something another sort of power called “soft power” which is the ability to get what you desire through attraction than in money payments. Nye explains that “Of course, soft power is not the solution to all problems. North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il likes to watch Hollywood movies, but that is unlikely to affect his nuclear weapons program. And soft power got nowhere in attracting the Taliban government away from its support for Al Qaeda in the 1990s. That took hard military power in 2001. But other goals, such as the promotion of democracy and human rights, are better achieved by soft power.”, which implies that it is not the answer to every solution and it cannot change the mindset of the world leaders. For example, Joseph Nye claims that “Of course, soft power is not the solution to all problems. North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il likes to watch Hollywood movies, but that is unlikely to affect his nuclear weapons program. And soft power got nowhere in attracting the Taliban government away from its support for Al Qaeda in the 1990s. That took hard military power in 2001. But other goals, such as the promotion of democracy and human rights, are better achieved by soft power.”, which means that although the North Korean leader enjoys American movies that does not change his political

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