Twilight is an artifact from our society that I believe is a part of our popular culture. Twilight is a four book series that has become a hit movie series. There are three movies currently out: Twilight came out in 2008, Twilight: New Moon came out in 2009, and Twilight: Eclipse came out in 2010 (The Twilight Saga, 2010); two more movies are expected to come out based on one book, Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, 2010).
Twilight has become a part of our popular culture because whether they like the series or not, almost everyone in our society has heard of Twilight. Stores have clothing apparel, purses, and shoes with the Twilight logo or characters on them. Twilight’s impact on popular culture is seen through its appearance on Face book and Twitter. When searching for Twilight on Face book I found multiple fan pages that had thousands of people who “like it” (Twilight, 2010). When I searched the word Twilight on Twitter, pages of random users came up who had recent tweets about Twilight (Real time search Twilight, 2010). In the time that I have typed this paper two hundred and thirty-one more posts concerning Twilight have been posted (Real time search Twilight, 2010).
One reason that Twilight is so active in our popular culture is the multiple types of people who like it. Twilight appeals to book readers and movie watchers; as well as having an action appeal and a romantic appeal. This allows for a wider audience and more ability for viewers to like Twilight. Twilight is known throughout our society. It is liked and disliked and will probably only be a fad, fading out to another popular series. This is why Twilight should be considered a part of our popular culture.
References
(2010). The Twilight Saga. Retrieved October 30, 2010 from www.eclipsethemovie.com
Real time results for Twilight. (2010). Twitter. Retrieved October 30, 2010 from twitter.com/#search?q=Twilight
Twilight. (2010). Facebook. Retrieved October 30, 2010 from www.facebook.com/tilight#!/search
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