Citizenship is defined as holding a status in a particular group. As an example, say there is a photography club at your school and you are in it; therefore you are a citizen of that photography club. Over the past decades citizenship has been influenced by pop culture. Pop culture is modern popular culture passed on by mass media mainly focused at younger audiences. Pop culture has influenced citizenship by the music genres, movie genres, and even physical appearance. Take The Avengers to identify how pop culture has influenced citizenship, the movie series has created a large fan base. Those fans would classify as a citizen of the superhero fan base group. Pop culture created these superhero movies, comic books, and even music soundtracks; these creations have influenced citizenship by making new groups for people to identify as. Hip hop and rap have introduced more groups for people to be citizens in and these groups have been on the rise at an extreme rate. Hip hop and rap have increased at a fast pace and it does not show any signs of slowing down. The rapid growth of hip hop and rap’s audience and producers have formed these groups which influence citizenship based off of their lyrics and music videos. Both the lyrics and music videos tend to grab the audience’s attention by relating to their audience. They relate to the audience by using past experiences in history and recent news stories. Citizenship is influenced by pop culture and will always be influenced by something in today’s culture. Does citizenship have an impact of today’s society, in the same way pop culture has an impact on citizenship?

I am a freshman in college and I am majoring in art concentrating photography. I am currently taking a citizenship class talking about how pop culture and specifically Star Wars has influenced citizenship. We cover the foundations of citizenship, which are critical thinking, ethics, and civil actions.