Jamie Lynn Spears, is pregnant at age 16. Jamie is the star of Nickelodeon’s most popular show, Zoey 101. She doesn’t know if she’ll be returning after the pregnancy. The father of the baby is Casey Aldridge, age 19. Why should I care about Jamie Lynn Spears? Because this media coverage and the way we’re reacting to it sheds light on the average American.
For once, can we put things into perspective? Thousands of people are gossiping and ridiculing a girl they’ve never met. Early introduction to pop culture has fueled an on going fascination with watching the celebrities we grew up with crash and burn. The turn of the 21st century brought reality television and 24 hours news broadcasting. What seems like harmless coverage over celebrity culture is subconsciously training us on how we can or should live. PsyBlog posted an interesting article about secret attitude changes simply by the environment and information humans are exposed to. Read the rest of this entry »
Phew, wow, that felt amazing. I never realized how hard it is to keep that bottled in. With all the pressure to be cool and hip. I know Web 2.0 designs were my peers’s way to counteract all of those sickening celebrity collage websites with the atom sized font. Here are a seven reasons that I hate web 2.0 designs:
