Not everything that is a product of popular culture is harmful for society

Ithink that content that popular culture creates can be beneficial to us because it sometimes helps us think out of the box and of different possibilities.

However, it depends on each person who is consuming it.

For example, some television shows make us want to research a topic and discuss. There are surely some people who don’t develop and question what they consume and that’s a problem.

Right now, and as a product of popular culture, we have unlimited access to information. You can learn how to cook and fix a flat tyre in few hours and it’s all available at the tip of your finger. There are other popular shows that are based on scientific research and such but there will always be people who would choose to watch reality television shows instead. So it’s up to people to take advantage and progress or not.

However, there are some certain side effects that come with popular culture. Sometimes it promotes the wrong kind of idols that don’t focus on what’s important and this at the mass scale has a big impact on society. Also, the lifestyle that goes with keeping up with popular culture drives people to learn certain skills and ignore more important ones. Everyone knows how to edit their pictures these days because of social media but they might not have social skills. So in a way it is distracting us from real life matters.

From Ms Sara Moeel E-commerce customer developer based in Sharjah