MIU, Chapters 1-4

In the first chapter, the author talks about the pop culture and pop music, and how it transformed over time. He discusses the pop music and culture then and now, as well as the people of the pop culture. Next, Grazian discusses the functional side of pop culture. According to the author, there can be good and bad sides of pop culture. On one hand, pop culture can serve to connect people. On the other, it can also divide them. Grazien goes into the negative sides of pop culture further in the third chapter. As such, he explains the view that the pop culture is controlled by those, who profit from it. Thus, it is not the everyday people who make the pop culture, but those who control the industry. The fourth chapter takes on a different approach. Here, the view is that it is, in fact, the people that determine the popular trends and culture through interaction.
It was interesting to see the two opposing theories in chapters 3 and 4. Never having thought of pop culture as being "fed" to us, chapter 3 gave me some food for thought. Yet, things such as music need to be liked, in order to thrive in the business. Although, there may be something i don't know. Do you believe that somebody can really dictate what you will like or not?