When Pop Culture & Academia Collide
By: BestCollegesOnline.com In recent years, there has been a much stronger focus at an academic level when it comes to pop culture . Society now has the ability through television and the internet to not only gawk at the strange things that happen in pop culture but to also interact with it in many ways. Even the President of the United States interacts with people onlin e. This infographic discusses the convergence that’s happening now and will continue to grow as pop culture and our ability to interact with it increases. The Obama camp knows social media . They realize that Twitter is big and Facebook is bigger, but Reddit is the place that will generate real voters and get them to the polls in November. If you’re not familiar with Reddit , you wouldn’t understand. The GOP isn’t familiar with Reddit, so they don’t understand. The most viral post on Facebook can generate thousands of views, though even well-shared posts have a challenge ever breaking 10...