Critical analysis of some aspect of popular culture

  present your critical analysis of some aspect of popular culture, using the definition of popular culture given by Maasik and Solomon in Signs of Life: popular or "pop" culture is "a commercial, for-profit culture aimed at providing entertainment to a mass audience. Corporate rather than communal, it has transformed entertainment into a commodity to be marketed alongside all other products in a consumer culture." You may choose your own focus/topic for this paper, using that definition as your guideline for selecting an idea. You will obviously need to present your thesis (assertion) in your essay along with your supporting reasons (points) and other evidence or facts. You want your reader to see your analysis as valid and worth consideration through your use of clear reasons and support for your argument. This essay will obviously require you to do some outside research in order to obtain information and support for your topic. You will need to gather your information, summarize and synthesize it, and then smoothly incorporate it into the essay. Your annotated bibliography should have helped you begin this process and you may use information from that assignment to help you support your ideas in this one.