Thursday, September 30, 2010

It goes without saying that Pop Culture has a huge influence on the lives of many Americans, especially the American youth.  This influence can be taken as both a good and bad thing.  Many celebrities have realized this, and in turn, decided to make their impact a positive one.  Such influences are; Lady Gaga, Wyclef Jean, and Angelina Jolie to name a few.  The celebrity with the most political pull would be Arnold Schwarzenegger, but that's only because he can actually make political decisions considering he is the  governor of California.  This blog will talk about the choice many celebrities have made to  use their fame for a good reason.  They have chosen to promote positive causes instead of just choosing to go out and party all the time.  In 2004, many celebrities joined the Vote or Die campaign headed by Sean 'Diddy' Combes in order to get young people who may not have been registered to vote, the chance to do so.  Although this campaign has sense ended, many more have emerged in the most recent years' presidential election.  In recent years, politics has become one more of the ways in which celebrities and Pop Culture have been able to branch out from music, movies and other entertainment forms and do something else for a change.  I think it will be interesting to see the ways in which this "fad" continues to grow.