World of Jada

    Popular Culture began in the 1950's with TV, radios, rock n' roll, and carried all the way out to the present day. Pop Culture is defined as modern popular culture that is transmitted via the mass media and is normally aimed at the younger crowd. There used to be a time where only teenagers were really into phones and being on social media but times have changed. Now there are grandparents with social media accounts and even babies who know how to navigate through certain devices and social media platforms. I I have seen it. My cousin who is only 2 years old knows how to work Youtube and even declines a call that tries to interrupt her video.      I love that Pop Culture can become accessible in different forms to a numerous audience. Pop Culture can be expressed in many different ways which can reach different type of people. Some examples are being expressed through fashion (which is one of my favorites), art, sports, and even literature which we might see...

      My name is Jada Bey. I am 22 years old, soon to be 23 in October. This is 4th year at NJCU. I am a psychology major. Since my junior year in high school (Technology High School located in Newark, Nj) I've known that I wanted my main focus to be psychology. I have always been interested in studying people and understanding how the mind works. To be completely honest I took this class because it fit well into my schedule. However, anything involving pop culture always grabs my attention.           Becoming literate never came as a challenge to me due to the fact that I was always surrounded by people who had a role childhood education. My mom being a special needs teacher's aid for as long as I can remember and my god-mother whom I was very close with being an early childhood teacher gave me the leverage I needed to be well educated in an environment outside of school. After all, learning does start at the home.      Tracin...