Living in a world of popular culture, individuals join a mainstream environment as Fiske stated in his article, The Jeaning of America. However, within a popular culture, that is, what is deemed as popular by society, there are smaller niches or communities whereby a popular culture of its own exists. Such places are identified by an unconscious gravitational pull of similar people of similar interests.Douglas Kellner, author of journal article, Cultural Studies, Multiculturalism & Media Culture, states that media provides individuals with materials out of which “we forge our very own identities.” Therefore, in a mainstream society where the same music or television show in California can be enjoyed in New York, there exist communities by which we as individuals create smaller identities of common interests within a particular niche.
For the past four years, I have resided in the Baltimore, Maryland vicinity where I received an exceptional education at Loyola College majoring in the field of speech language pathology. However, in a diverse city created by various cultures, genders, and ethnicities, Loyola provides a common ground by which individuals, in some fashion, are part of a smaller community or niche.
As my four years of undergraduate school come to a close, I thought I would share my neck of the woods, or lack thereof, in a small beach town, Seaside Park, New Jersey.
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