Comments on: Did the Internet Kill Pop Culture? http://photics.com/did-the-internet-kill-pop-culture Online since 1998 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:28:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Moo http://photics.com/did-the-internet-kill-pop-culture#comment-814 Moo Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:55:14 +0000 /?p=611#comment-814 I agree with you about 90%. I do agree that Internet was the major factor that killed pop culture. But I don't think a new culture boom can actually come out of the internet. A lot of cool stuff is going on, but the thing is: choices. Like you said, theres no programming schedule, so people can surf freely. That means their in control of what they watch. I like that idea, but unfortunately it has major consequences for trying to build up a superstar. I'm not that disapointed with it, but I didn't grow up with superstars really. I don't give the flip of a coin about what child bradjolina is adopting. And I think this Michael Jackson stuff should have stopped after the second day. I would have preferred to see the bills they were passing in congress... You know the whole Cap'N'Trade thing, and the extra taxes and whatnot. Yes, I would have preferred that over a 4th day of people saying "Michael Jackson is dead." I think we got it after the first day, and all the lag-behind people got it the second. Really, whos benefiting from all this press? The star is dead, move on... I seem to be digressing... Anyhow, with people having the free choice of surfing the web, the superstar will be born only if enough people know about it. Thats where advertising triples its role. With potentially unlimited websites, how do you know which one you want to go to? Advertising. With 200 channels its easy to see whats on and whats not. But with 5000 websites you are making a choice to what you want to view. Thats how Google controls the internet... *insert crazy phrase here* So what if there are no more superstars, who needs em? Their just pop idols. I agree with you about 90%. I do agree that Internet was the major factor that killed pop culture. But I don’t think a new culture boom can actually come out of the internet. A lot of cool stuff is going on, but the thing is: choices. Like you said, theres no programming schedule, so people can surf freely. That means their in control of what they watch. I like that idea, but unfortunately it has major consequences for trying to build up a superstar. I’m not that disapointed with it, but I didn’t grow up with superstars really. I don’t give the flip of a coin about what child bradjolina is adopting. And I think this Michael Jackson stuff should have stopped after the second day. I would have preferred to see the bills they were passing in congress… You know the whole Cap’N'Trade thing, and the extra taxes and whatnot. Yes, I would have preferred that over a 4th day of people saying “Michael Jackson is dead.” I think we got it after the first day, and all the lag-behind people got it the second. Really, whos benefiting from all this press? The star is dead, move on…

I seem to be digressing… Anyhow, with people having the free choice of surfing the web, the superstar will be born only if enough people know about it. Thats where advertising triples its role. With potentially unlimited websites, how do you know which one you want to go to? Advertising. With 200 channels its easy to see whats on and whats not. But with 5000 websites you are making a choice to what you want to view. Thats how Google controls the internet… *insert crazy phrase here* So what if there are no more superstars, who needs em? Their just pop idols.

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