The Most Important Concept

The most important concept that we learned in this class was the ways that popular culture make us conform. Everyone wants to be part of our culture and the things we learn through Ads, Sports, films, Tv and all our concepts make us come together. However this also makes us conform, we lose our  individuality and try to become one with the culture. Although there are examples of countercultures, the vast majority of people remain part of the mainstream. This hegemony is hard to realize until you start looking at in a class like this. The fact that we are able to realize how we are part of the problem is eye opening. This culture is something that we are all socialized into and is therefore extremely hard to break out. Therefore even though popular culture does have benefits and it has it's great parts, we all face the conformity that is a major part of our lives.