Answer each of the following questions below. Be sure to use the reading to support your points. Cite the text a total of 3 times, including page numbers. Remember that a discussion that doesn’t include citations cannot receive full credit. 

What is popular today in movies, magazines, and music? 
What makes a film, video, or magazine popular? 
What factors influence culture industries to portray cultural groups as they do? 
How does the portrayal of different cultural groups by the media influence intercultural interactions with those groups? 
What stereotypes are perpetuated by U.S. popular culture and exported to other countries? 
How do social roles affect our consumption of popular culture? 
Why do people differ in their perceptions of what is popular? 
How do you respond to popular culture? 
What strategies do you use to resist some forms of popular culture?

Now based on the TV shows you watch, answer the following questions. 

What TV shows do you watch and why?   
What is the name of your favorite TV show? 
Briefly describe the show for those who may not be familiar with it.? (e.g., It’s about…..,who….) 
Why do you watch it?? (Do you “love to love” it, or do you “love to hate” it?? Explain.)? What attracts you to this show?? Explain whether one or more of your social roles affects your choice of watching this show. 
What social function do you believe?this?show?fills?? Does it address a specific social issue? 
Does it appeal to various audiences with different interests? 
How powerful of a role do you believe this show plays in affecting the way those who watch it think about and understand the particular cultural group(s) portrayed?? (Remember to consider “cultural group” in a broad sense.) 
Do you believe that there is stereotyping of characters involved in this show, this form of popular culture? 
How can you describe this show as a lens for understanding a specific cultural group? 

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Please note: This Discussion and all the graded discussions in this course are “Must Post First”: After you have posted your response – you then get the benefit of seeing what your fellow students answered while going through the same discussion exercise. Then you can provide feedback comments
This Discussion has two parts. 
Be sure to address all of the points below, Don’t forget to?include page numbers from the text for?concepts you choose to support your points! Cite the text at least 4 times.
List all of your friends to whom you feel close. Identify any friends on the list that are from other cultures. 

Do you have friends from other cultures? Why or why not? 
What factors contribute to our forming relationships with some people and not with others?

Answer the following questions:  

Do people generally have more friends from their own culture or from other cultures? Why? 
In what ways are intercultural friendships different from or similar to friendships with people from the same culture? 
What are some reasons people might have for not forming intercultural friendships? 
What are some reasons people might have for forming intercultural friendships? 
What challenges do intercultural couples face when they decide to make their relationships permanent?