Published in the Sept. 16-29, 2015 issue of Morgan Hill Life
By Robert Tippett’s journalism class at Martin Murphy Middle School
Pop culture in the media is fun and entertaining, but you also need to have media information that’s more substantial.
We like watching the television show “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” because it’s dramatic and so much more interesting than our own lives. It provides us an escape from the boredom of our lives.
It’s interesting to know what the Kardashians are doing because they’re so famous and we need to be up to date with what they’re doing. It’s entertaining to watch that show because they’re crying and get very emotional. For example, Kim Kardashian got earrings in Monte Carlo and later lost them in the ocean. She started bawling to her mom, and Kourtney Kardashian — trying to put her sister’s loss in perspective — walked up to her and said, “Kim, there are people dying.”
Pop culture also is about sports — such as the San Francisco Giants versus the Los Angeles Dodgers. They’re the biggest rivals in baseball and so it’s very dramatic. When the Giants win, we feel good. When the Giants lose by a lot, we’re not happy and turn the television off. We’re emotionally invested in this sports rivalry because all of the athletes are celebrities and so we care about whether or not they win the game.
Pop culture is about music, too. We get excited about Drake, the famous rapper, and his friend Meek Mill, another rapper, because they’re having a public argument all over Twitter. Drake did a freestyle song called “Back to Back” dissing Meek Mill.
It’s important to know what’s happening in pop culture so you don’t get left out. If someone is talking about Caitlyn Jenner and you don’t know who that is, you will feel like you’re left out.
After a Junior Journalism writing workshop by Morgan Hill Life Publisher Marty Cheek, Robert Tibbett’s journalism class at Martin Murphy Middle School wrote this column. Interested in hosting a workshop? Contact Marty Cheek at [email protected].
