When
thinking back on all of the theories of popular culture and how they relate to
Facebook, I decided that Rituals and Stereotypes probably play the biggest part
in how Facebook is used. This has been
the week of the Chic-Fil-A controversy.
Unfortunately, I have discovered via Facebook, just how biased and
closed minded that many of my friends are.
There has been a lot of name calling, criticizing, arguing, and plain
rudeness all over Facebook this week.
In my
original paper on Rituals and Stereotypes, I defined a stereotype as the act of
“to believe unfairly that all people or things with a particular characteristic
are the same” (Stereotype, n.d.) . It is very sad to me that people can’t see
each other as equal, that religion or sexual orientation truly do not make a
difference, and should not make a difference in how someone is treated. I keep hearing that this is a “Freedom of
Speech” issue. I keep hearing that it is
a “gay rights” issue. What I have learned
about stereotypes after this class is that people seem to think that there is no
middle ground.
The thing that
I found most interesting was that I was able to apply all of the topics to Facebook.
I had only ever thought about Facebook a
place to go and unwind by playing a game or two, or catching up with an old friend,
or spying on my kids. I never realized how
much popular culture had to do with Facebook.
I am not sure
that I will change my views of Facebook after taking the class. I might be a little more cognitive about the themes
or topics when something gets posted on my wall, but I will continue to use Facebook
as a place to unwind, catch up, and spy.
References
Stereotype.
(n.d.). Retrieved August 2, 2012, from Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotype
This Chick-Fil-A incident has sure brought out some of the worst in people! The problem with FaceBook is that people do not think before they speak and they feel protected that they can speak their mind without any consequences.
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