Thinking Sociologically..

   Today, in Walgreen's, I was looking at the magazines in the check-out line and thought of them from a sociological perspective. I realized that much of American culture has to do with the media and overexposed famous people. There were tons of magazines on sale with the same people that are seen on TV every day on the covers. A lot of these people did not do something admirable to become famous (i.e. the cast of Jersey Shore). This says a lot about Americans.
    So many of these famous people on the covers of magazines are the people children group up idolizing and mimicking. Personally, I think that as Americans, our values are somewhat out of place. Actors and singers get more attention than politicians or surgeons. The continual overexposure of these famous people in magazines, gossip TV, and movies is corrupting young minds into thinking that these people are people to admire and look up to.