What is popular culture, and what does it mean to you? Popular culture is something that is trendy within a group of people. Things that can be considered to be popular culture are music; television and sports are just a few examples of popular culture. There are a few things that I like that could be considered popular culture. I am from Ohio and like most people in Ohio I like Ohio State football. On any given fall Saturday there will be over 100,000 people in Ohio Stadium rooting on the Buckeyes. This is very popular in Ohio but it is not so popular in Texas, which is where I live now. Football is popular in Texas but Ohio State football is not. Why is an understanding of popular culture relevent to you ina business environment and in your present and future career? Understanding of popular culture is important to you in a business environment because you need to understand what society is looking for. I work for a company that builds machines that produce energy. In today’s popular culture it is important for a company to look after the environment. A popular culture is to go green which means to reduce green house gasses and to reduce energy use. I company that produces power needs to understand this and develop new products to for this popular culture. My company has invested a large amount of money in fuel cells. This will allow them to make energy with out the use of fossil fuels, which will allow them to reduce greenhouse gasses that are linked to global warming. What would you consider to be an example of a pop culture artifact? And why would you choose it? An example of popular culture would be baseball. Baseball is the great American pastime. It is a sport that millions of people watch every year. Young children play it from the time they are old enough to walk. They practice and grow to love the greatest game on earth. Most young boys at one time in there life has played the game and dreamed of playing in the big leagues. People have gone to baseball games for years. Some of my best memories as a child were on the baseball field. I can remember to this day the first baseball game my dad took me to. It was a Cincinnati Reds game and they were playing the San Diego Padres. I was only 5 years old. I don’t remember who won the game but I do remember the game and how bad I wanted to run out on that field one day. There have been songs written about the game there have been movies made about it. America has watched baseball since the early 1900’s. Baseball has been a popular culture for many years. There have been strikes and the fans returned there was an entire team that took money to throw the 1918 World Series. The one thing that still remains is the fans still come to watch the games.