Culture of Food

There are many ways we are shown to food. First off its what we eat so that we can survive but social media plays a big part in food obsession. Everyone uses social media and watches T.V. There are a lot of T.V stations that show cooking shows. Theres the Food Network, Cooking Channel, Bravo, ETC. Everyday we are exposed to some sort of food on social medias. Food obsession has become more known with teenagers. Teens tend to document what they eat and post it so everyone can see it. Instagram is a big photo media that is used when posting pictures. It is a site that you can post a picture change the coloring and everyone can see it.  Other medias such as Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr are also big medias that food experiences are documented.  In the 70s a movement was started to make food affordable. They made food affordable because people can only afford fast and cheap food. This lead to the Cycle which is the invent of fast food and cheap food has lead to a decline in family incomes so all we can afford is fast and cheap food. Having this in place has made fast food companies increase because people are now going and getting food because its cheap and they are just lazy and will not go out and get food to make because it takes to much time. The amount of money you spend on fast food is the same you can spend on going to the store and getting health food to make for your self. Going to the store is a lot better then putting bad food in your mouth. 

In class today we watched a video on a commercial of Taco Bell. They took pictures that other people have posted and made a collage. This type of commercial makes people want to go eat Taco Bell because they see that other people are enjoying the food and that makes others want to go there. This shows that social media has a big influence on society because they see a commercial that catches there eye and then they want to go there because it looks fun, enjoyable, delicious, ETC.