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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...

Image via Wikipedia On Feb. 24, 1868, Andrew Johnson became the first U.S. president to be impeached; the Senate subsequently acquitted him by a single vote. House Impeaches President Johnson Andrew Johnson was sworn in as president after President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated  in April 1865. Lincoln, a Republican , had chosen Johnson, a Democrat who served as military governor of Tennessee , as his running mate for re-election in 1864 because he was a southerner who supported the war and was loyal to the Union . The main issue facing Johnson was how to  readmit the Southern states that had seceded . He opposed military rule over Confederate states , pardoned rebel soldiers and returned property to rebels. He also vetoed two bills passed by the Republican-controlled Congress that established rights for freed slaves. Related articles New book focuses on Andrew Johnson during Civil War, Reconstruction (knoxnews.com) All You Need to Know About Impeachment (dennisher...