Popular Culture Created Through the Imagination

A tool to understand how pop culture works is to take a look at literature and the individuals who are influenced by it. Readers are a cultural group and live through a state of imagination that allows these individuals to express themselves, and reform social values. Literature can influence habits and strive to help individuals define their identity. Popular culture is shaped by fiction authors, influencing the behaviour of readers that affect society. Through mass media, individuals create online content which assembles a culture of those who have the same interests. Individuals write their own stories on public sites to create their own state of imagination, and authors reference global issues in literature to give knowledge to a population. This creates a mass media that educates while providing support to others. This support can represent power, where individuals can see themselves portrayed in the media.