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Introduction for AMS-179: Post 1

Hello AMS-179 CLASS: My name is Grace 


1. Where you're from and what your major is

 I was born in San Francisco but I'm now I'm based in Oakland for this semester for FA20: AMS-179 Sec 01: American Pop Culture. My major is in Graphic Design.


2. Why you've signed up to study American Popular Culture for a semester

Since I recently added this course, I honestly had an error in my schedule that ended up turning into a fiasco and I had to drop a course that turns out needed pre-requisites. As I was scanning the list for what class to fill, I noticed two courses: American Pop culture and Human life: Let's Talk About it! I personally have never seen more eye catching titles for courses and finalized my decision to sign up for this course! 

3. Tell us how your relationship to popular culture has changed since the COVID19 shelter-in-place order began in March. think about how you use YouTube or social media differently (or the same!), television, radio or music, streaming video (like Netflix), magazines, news in all forms, and/or video games (or other forms of mass produced distraction, like board games).

My relationship to pop culture since COVID-19 has increased more heavily and drastically than ever. It has personally made me more active on Social media. For example I'm usually not one to actively go onto platforms like Twitter or Instagram before, but because of the many events that have taken place it has done nothing, but catch my attention. I know there has been so many negative things, but for me popular culture had actually changed me in a sense that has made me sit with these things and actually become more knowledgeable in return to become more welcoming to learn, improve, and empathize. Popular culture also is teaching me how each platform I go on it is for slightly different purposes: Twitter: reading material that incites the negativity and arguments but ten fold, Instagram: becomes a virtual and image based guidance to people that feel the need to catch up with who they follow and surround themselves with, Youtube: (at least for me) constant distraction (along with many of the streaming services during this time).

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