The is a difficult topic as my pop culture artifact is not a movie, film, song, television show, book, or really anything that has a storyline. My artifact is Facebook which is a social media website. I would say that Facebook has a convention and invention formula. I say this because all works of art have to have convention and invention and in a way a website could be considered a work of art.
Convention represents familiar things and ongoing traditions and values. Invention represents a new idea and perception. Convention when it comes to Facebook could mean the social aspect of it. People send friend requests to friends and family in order to keep in touch and interact with each other through messages, comments, and likes. Convention on Facebook could also highlight the photos that are posted as those can represent the traditions and familiar things. Facebook is also an invention. It has revolutionized the way social media works.It was one of the first social media sites of its kind. Facebook has changed the way people interact in today’s society.
I never thought of Facebook as a formula. These assignments have changed the way I look at pop culture artifacts in a whole. I now know there are rituals, beliefs, and formulas among all things including things that don’t necessarily have story lines.
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