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=**Topic: Pop Culture and Morality in America **=

Does Popular Culture teach immoral values?
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**Annotation ** “Does Pop Culture Teach Immoral Values? (sidebar).” //Issues & Controversies On File: //n. pag. //Issues & Controversies //. Facts on File News Services, 12 Mar. 1999. Web. 27 Apr. 2011. __[]__.

**Information ** This article is taken from the Facts on File News Services.

**Summary ** The informative piece begins with the writer discussing how the immorality through aspects of popular culture has been exposed from political conservatives. This is prevalent through music, television, movies and video games. The critics believe that the sexual and violent content challenges ethical parenting. Conservative Christian groups have formed boycotts against companies such as Walt Disney Co. because these groups claim Disney is anti-Christian and promotes homosexuality.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Evidence ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In conclusion studies have shown and proved that parents have a greater influence over their children more so than outside factors such as television, music, or video games. Parents were encouraged to order a v-chip which is a technology that allows parents to block inappropriate television shows.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Evaluation ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none;">The work is informative and was only a stepping stone in my topic. I was looking for something with more depth, and not broad. This article had been written well over ten years ago and many of the statistics mentioned such as parents effects on their children and the popularity of television shows were inaccurate. Children depending on their age are impacted less and less by their parents, and more popular culture. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Pop Cult-Immoral] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Source #2 **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Annotation ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Morality in America.” //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Issues & Controversies On File: //n. pag. //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Issues & Controversies //. Facts on File News Services, 15 Feb. 2005. Web. 27 Apr. 2011. __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">[] __.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Information ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This article is taken from the Facts on File News Services.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Summary ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">America is in a moral crisis. Our morality had been declining and will slowly become a myth of the past. The author makes mention of the infamous Clinton Scandal of 1998, when President Bill Clinton was accused and impeached for allegedly having an affair with a Whitehouse intern, Monica Lewinsky. The Clinton Scandal served as a defining moment in the overall deterioration of American morals. The root of this issue was found in the 60s counterculture. These individuals refused to conform the family ideals and traditional values of them 50s era. This generation is known as the “Baby Boomers”. Many Christian groups arose in response to the hot-button culture debates. One influential group was known as Moral Majority which later became the Christian coalition. During the 80s, there was a greater decline in moral. This became evident through the surging rates of divorce, drug usage, crime, births out-of-wedlock. For the remainder of the article the writer proposes an opposing viewpoints and refutes all the of the prior claims of how America is on a moral decline, and suggest the idea if there could ever be a common middle ground.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Evidence ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The confirmation of America’s ethical deterioration comes through three aspects of life: family, religion, and the media. Parents as well as other adults within a family always served as the sole instructor, instilling their values and beliefs into children. Times have changed because the culture has become extremely influential. Today, many mainstream religions are more likely to discuss personal comfort and pleasure more so than integrity. There are neither penalties nor repercussions for “sin”. Pre-marital sex has become common, and is displayed through all aspects of the media, as well as drug usage, and violence. Many musical artists promote abusing drugs and alcohol.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Evaluation ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This source was valuable, but did not focus in on my topic of reality television. It was too general and broad. I didn’t appreciate the last two headings in which there was an opposing viewpoint ending in a compromise because I believe that concerning this topic, there is either pro or con, no compromise. Morals and ethics cannot be negotiated. [|Morality in America]