1.Is American pop culture similar to political propaganda?

American pop culture is only similar to political propaganda in the way that they're both selling something. In politics, it is the selling of political ideologies and ideas. This propaganda can be big or small. For example, the two big global ideologies during the cold war were communism and democracy, and they were both propagated all around the world. Other political propaganda can be seen on TV every single day, especially during times preceding some sort of elections. Fox news is especially known for propagating republican ideas, for example. The pop culture also has a lot to sell. From new musical genres to cigarettes, the pop culture can sell it. In a way, politics and pop culture are closely intertwined, depending on how one defines pop culture. Right before the presidential elections in 2008, a song by a very popular artist, “Whatever you like” by TI, came on the radios, which is believed by some to be a direct propaganda of the Obama campaign. There are more of these instances that can be found everywhere, especially on the internet. If you think about it, the internet is a part of pop culture that is used for all kinds of propaganda, including, in large part, political.