Television

We Love IT!

• The Avg. American watches 34 hours of TV a week.– Kids watching around 55

hours per week

• This means the avg American will spend years of their lives watching other people live their’s!!

• Modern way to watch TV in on your computer

• Most young people do not own a TV but watch it on the computer

• It is popular for people to say they hate tv but still watch A LOT of TV

What do we like to watch?

• Exciting shows with good writing– Sometimes

• Talent Shows– Always

• Cartoons– Some people

• Shows that show how bad people can be– Always

• Popular shows tend to have a lot of sex, violence, or comedy in them (sometimes a mix of all three) – American TV shows have

been known to be very violent by world standards

Reality Shows• Has been very popular for

the past 8 years• Finales are always the

most popular• Talent Shows such as X

factor and American Idol are the most popular shows in the USA now

• Also like to watch “Real” shows such as Jersey shore– Shows where people argue

and throw stuff around.

Sports• Sports are some of the

most televised shows in the USA

• The Superbowl is the most televised event in the USA– More than 113 million

people watched in 2011

• Most popular sports are – Football (American)– Baseball– Basketball

Crime Shows

• Shows with mystery and violence have always been popular in the USA

• Shows such as Dexter, NCIS, and Bones are very popular in the USA

POP MUSIC

• Popular music varies greatly in the USA with very different types of music being very popular with certain people

• Pop music tends to be music with a strong singer (very B-E-A-utiful)

• Very simple, catchy songs

• Pop/Rockish groups like Taylor Swift, Maroon 5, and Jason Maraz have always been very popular in the USA since the Beach Boys and the Beatles

• Right now Taylor Swift is the most popular artist in the USA with her new song “Everything has Changed” being # 1.

• Rap and R&B are also very popular in the USA

• Rap Culture has become less popular in recent years but is still very popular

• R&B artist such as Ke$ha and Beyoncé are incredibly popular and probably always will be.

Pop Music

• Justin Beiber• Lady Gaga• Rihanna• Britney Spears• These are pop stars that

are obviously very popular in the USA

McDonalds is NOT COOL!!• Modern Pop Culture on

food supports more alternative foods and restaurants.

• It is seen to be “uncool” to eat at big companies and restaurants

• Very cool to eat at local, small independent restaurants that offer a unique dining experience

Eat Your Broccoli Yo!

• A large movement in the American pop culture is to eat healthy and “Green”– Food that is friendly to the

environment and natural

• “fast food” is seen to be a unfortunate part of the USA life and something you only eat if there is nothing else to buy.

COFFEE• WE LOVE STARBUCKS!!• Some people think that

Starbucks is too popular and that small coffee shops are waay better but regardless of where they drink, they’re drinking coffee!!

• Great, popular place for cool hip people to come together and – Talk– Share poetry– Play music– Stare at the coool people who

talk, share poetry and play music

Fashion Styles

• Many fashion styles are popular in the USA

• Styles from Hollister and American Eagle are popular with many young people

• Fashions from Ralph Lauren and Banana Republic have and are popular

Preppy

• Kids that shop at Places like American Eagle

• Is connected with mainstream “cool” America

• Very popular with teens• Is connected with

people that listen to pop music and do other pop culture things.

Hipsters• The subculture is associated

with independent music, a varied non-mainstream fashion sensibility, liberal or independent political views, alternative spirituality or atheism/agnosticism, and alternative lifestyles. Interests in media include independent film,

• Why did the hipster burn his tongue while drinking coffee?