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Select a topic from one of the three domains of everyday culture listed below. A genre of popular music that you are familiar with (country and western, rock, blues, hip-hop, rap, etc.) A recreational activity that you are regularly involved in (either as a participant or as a spectator, i.e. ?€?fan?€) A reality television program that you have access to and that interests you One of the new social media (e.g. Twitter or Facebook) Discuss your choice in a critical essay that explores questions such as: Whether or not it targets a particular audience or reflects the values of a subcultural community The kinds of identities participants, consumers, or audience members to invited to assume. To what extent it reinforces the mainstream culture and/or to what (if any) extent it challenges the status quo. Please base your response on library research into your specific topic of choice as well as on the course materials.