At the start of popular culture, people love doing what other people are doing. If it's in, I'm in. But when is enough, enough? When does something fresh, funky and cool become stale?
There is a saying, "Too Much of Anything Is Bad For You." Not everything, especially fads last long or rather people will eventually get sick of it. Connor Toole expresses on his article "The Rise And Fall Of The Selfie: How Selfies Have Officially Peaked" on elitedaily.com that selfies made their mark and now we need something else to do. Connor also analyzes how the fad became part of pop-culture and discusses the factors involved.
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Toole says, "However, this selfie craze is unsustainable, just like planking, neknomination and countless other trends. It’s only a matter of time before people get tired of hearing the word “selfie” every five minutes. I say we just get it over with and move on to something else."
This is the problem with popular culture. People tend to over attach themselves with what's popular. They try to drain the sh*t out of it, never trying to look back and hoping to be the best or something like that. The sad truth is that technology is passing us by very fast, so is everything else. Popular culture is no exception. The human race had encountered fads long before the digital age. Except, back then things had a slower pace. Well whatever happens, people will find something new to do. It's just a matter of time and what.
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Nicolas White's article "The life and death of the selfie: How it transformed pop culture — and then jumped the shark" on salon.com discusses events regarding selfies. From a 17-year old girl from Russia to the President of the United States, Barrack Obama. He talks about how the selfie, from it's original form back in the 19th century changed to what it is today on social media. Nicolas even foresees that in 20 years, VH1 will make a documentary about everyone's beloved selfie.
Lunch break: pizza in downtown Davenport, Iowa #AmericaForward White says, "Over the last century the camera has emerged and evolved as a popular art form, culminating, in this moment of the selfie. In our phones, the camera has become something other than it has ever been, demonstrating just how the technology and culture of the Internet has changed humankind".
Digital culture has come a long way. Nowadays, everything is in one place. Even art has changed dramatically. Art will always evolve, hopefully, to become better. Though, with technology, art has become somewhat mediocre. It becomes so stale, so fast that, we need to compensate with new and far more better things.
Lunch break: pizza in downtown Davenport, Iowa #AmericaForward White says, "Over the last century the camera has emerged and evolved as a popular art form, culminating, in this moment of the selfie. In our phones, the camera has become something other than it has ever been, demonstrating just how the technology and culture of the Internet has changed humankind".
Digital culture has come a long way. Nowadays, everything is in one place. Even art has changed dramatically. Art will always evolve, hopefully, to become better. Though, with technology, art has become somewhat mediocre. It becomes so stale, so fast that, we need to compensate with new and far more better things.
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THings come and go. What is popular today, may or may not be popular tomorrow. People overfeed themselves, not just with food but with almost anything that they could think of. As a part of this generation, I get affected with everything that is happening. I am curious and somehow scared with what will happen with the medium. I just hope that people don't take things too far. But then again, I think it's too late now.
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