Tayanna Harvey Harvey 1

Dr. Colombo

UWRT 1104

February 13, 2017

Should we Allow Popular Culture and Media to Influence our Political Views?

Caspi, Dan. On Media and Politics:Between Enlightened Authorityand Social Responsibility. Israel

Affairs, vol. 11, no. 1, 9 Aug. 2006, pp. 2338. Taylor and Francis Online,

doi:10.1080/1353712042000324436.

This article focuses on the three phases of victimizing political figure heads in Israel- maturation,

implementation and negotiation. These phases take years but are parallel to the social approach

politicians take to make regulations.

Coleman, Linda S. You'Ve Come a Long Way, Baby: Women, Politics, and Popular Culture by Lilly J.

Goren, Editor. The Journal of American Culture, vol. 32, no. 4, 2 Dec. 2009, pp. 364365.

doi:10.1111/j.1542-734x.2009.00722_22.x.

In this article, we take a look specifically at the womens role in how social media influences politics.

Social media and popular culture often take aims at women, so in this article we focus on the

differences portrayed in the two.

Farah, Caesar E. Popular Culture in the Arab World: Arts, Politics, and the Media - By Andrew

Hammond. Historian, vol. 71, no. 3, 2009, pp. 584585. Wiley Online Library,

doi:10.1111/j.1540-6563.2009.00246_4.x.

In this article, the author takes a look at how the political arrangement in the Arab world is structured

in film, music, television, theater and religion. This article goes into detail of the influence of each one,

and compares it to the reality the people and government face.

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Graber, Doris, and Johanna Dunaway. Mass Media and American Politics. Thousand Oaks, CA, CQ

Press, Sage, 2015.

This book takes an inside look at the impacts of various media outlets and what it does, and how

individuals view politics. This book also allows the readers to realize the influence political

developments hold over social media.

Kushin, Matthew James, and Masahiro Yamamoto. Did Social Media Really Matter? College

Students' Use of Online Media and Political Decision Making in the 2008 Election. Mass

Communication and Society, vol. 13, no. 5, 20 Nov. 2010, pp. 608630. Taylor and Francis

Online, doi:10.1080/15205436.2010.516863.

This article examines the college students use of political media, specifically in the 2008 election.

Before this election, social media wasnt as big of a factor, but this article takes a look at the

(now)more traditional medias involvement with political attention

Seib, Philip M. Real-Time Diplomacy: Politics and Power in the Social Media Era. New York,

Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

In this book, the author focuses on the power social media holds over the government over in the

Middle East. With uprisings in 2011 showing that, despite it being practiced loosely, the civilians are

still aware of democracy and its purpose carries. This book looks at the connection between diplomacy

in the people and the power the politics take with the use of social media.

Street, John. Celebrity Politicians: Popular Culture and Political Representation. The British Journal

of Politics and International Relations, vol. 6, no. 4, ser. 2004, 7 Nov. 2004, pp. 435452. Sage

Journals, doi:10.1111/j.1467-856x.2004.00149.x.

This article, although it was written twelve years ago is very relevant to our most recent election. It
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focuses on two phases of becoming a celebrity politician and allows the reader to decide if social

media creates this candidate, or if the candidate creates the persona.

Street, John. Politics and Popular Culture. Philadelphia, Temple University Press, 1997.

In this book we explore the actual character of popular culture. We also view both sides of those who

view the media as self-expression, and others who view it as manipulation