One popular culture topic that is interesting to me is sporting events, in particular football. I consider American football to be an artifact of popular culture because it is so prominent in the United States. It is a sport that is mainly in the United States (most other countries call soccer football). It is at least known by all Americans and watched by millions. For some it is more than just a part of their popular culture but is a ritual in which they get together every week with their family/ friends to view the games. One event in particular that gets the attention of our society is the super bowl. Last year 106 million people viewed the super bowl which is the highest number of viewers for any show (Super bowl gets, 2010). This number of viewers shows that football is worthy of being considered part of America’s popular culture. Football games are so popular in America that advertising departments jump at the chance to advertise during their commercials. Most commercials do target the stereotypical football fan, but their commercials alone are a popular entity. There is an entire section of the Fanhouse website devoted to the commercials that aired during each super bowl (Super bowl ads, 2010).
References
“Super bowl ads.” (2010). Fanhouse.com. Retrieved October 17, 2010 from superbpwlads.fanhouse.com/
“Super bowl gets 106.5 million viewers, most in American TV history.” (2010). Smith, M. NBCSports.com. Retrieved October 17, 2010 from profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/
Football is part of my family every Sunday. We have a ritual of watching football and will usually try to have a nice dinner. I have two children in the military and live far away. However, on Sundays we all watch the same stuff and it allows us to stay close and to be in contact with each other. Football is a great pass time here in the United States.
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