![]() ![]() These evolving relationships reveal a unique opportunity for reflection. Sharing images and debating ideologies on social media platforms is nothing new, but in light of recent events, online calls for collective action and representation seem more immediate than ever before (Pinckney & Rivers, 2020). ![]() Moreover, we can see new developments in storytelling through collective discussion amongst groups on specialized, digital distribution apps such as Discord. For example, we can consider the changing nature of engaging with popular culture through the new “Watch Party” feature on Amazon Prime Video or the 11 million people meeting for Island Tours on Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Zhu, 2020). ![]() Thus, in the pandemic and post-pandemic digital gatherings, holiday dinner and cocktail parties are online and the media product is centralized. We can see that human activity is changing we are engaging with popular culture through image, stream, computer game–texts– in a mediated meeting place per se, the new living room. While this has been true for generations, as our society continues to move online, especially in light of COVID-19, there is a growing necessity to embrace new paradigms. Over time this relationship with our popular culture artifacts creates reverberations that blur the line between input and output. The things we watch, read, listen to, and play impact the organization of our internal and external worlds. It shapes and frames how we see the world and ourselves. Popular culture possesses a hidden power that can be easily overlooked. ![]()
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