Society's Subordination: Popular Culture's Ideologies

<Tab/>Like it or not, popular culture is an undeniable influence on how society perceives itself. When examining mass culture, one must keep in mind the equilibrium between how much we, as a society, affect the way popular culture is constructed and to what extent popular culture influences the way we view ourselves and shapes our ideologies. An aspect of popular culture that may serve to greatly exemplify this theory of …

…media. Young girls, just beginning to construct their opinions and perceptions of ideologies, are affected by the magazines that are supposedly a mere representation of teen culture. In regards to popular culture, the question remains: To what extent does it merely represent our society, and to what degree does it construct our ideologies? A broader representation of other forms of society would be necessary to dissolve the stereotypes that mass culture has come to represent.