Popular culture is the basis of how the majority of a culture believes, buys, and behaves according to the economics, education, exposure, and emotions (Franklin Univ., 2008). Who I am as a person and a professional was created greatly by influences of popular culture.
The environment in the home, growing up, formed much of my morality and religious beliefs. The education that I continue to gain has brought me professionally to my current job situation. My economical status much determines where I shop, what I buy (or don’t buy), and where I live and play.
For me, I realize it is important to become more observant as popular culture evolves in our country. As I become actively aware of the influential factors of around me, I can better recognize the importance in exercising conscious choice in such matters. These decisions could involve a determined rejection or limitation of the manipulation at hand, or to embrace it and allow it to inspire me—or a combination of the two.
For example, an artifact of popular culture is the cell phone. In my current workplace (Johnson Space Center), many employees are very mobile in their work and the cell phone becomes not only convenient, but in many instances necessary for them to carry out their duties. In this regard, I embrace the evolving communication advances available. On the other hand, when I search the web for cell phone etiquette information, I literally get hundreds of lists of “How not to act” when using them! When I worked in a hospital, countless Emergency Room patients didn’t seem to be able to hang up the phone even long enough to get their X-rays! In this case, my morals compel me to say, “I know what it is, and I don’t like it” (Browne, 2005).
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