POPULAR CULTURE TOPICS • Reality television as a positive or negative cultural phenomenon • Plastic surgery programs • Makeover programs • Hip-hop music lyrics • Disney films • Images of women in the media • Images of minorities in the media • Images of homosexuals in the media • Illegal music downloading • Violent video games • Violent movies • Television, movie, music, or video game ratings • Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" • Sexual imagery in the media • MySpace and Facebook as a cultural phenomenon • Internet cyberstalkers • Internet pornography • Internet filters • Internet privacy issues • The effect of cell phones on society • The effect of iPods on society • The amount of television and other media used by children • Advertising in the public schools • Advertising that targets children • Alcohol or cigarette advertising • Requirements for children's educational programming • Public radio/public television • Celebrity gossip and the paparazzi SPORTS TOPICS • Salary caps for professional athletes • Sports and steroid use • Funding issues for women's sports • Publicity for women's sports • The use of the Olympic basketball "Dream Team" • Professional athletic strikes • Drafting of athletes out of high school • The rising price of tickets to professional games • Public funding of professional stadiums • Public funding of community sports programs • Academic expectations of college athletes • College sports recruitment practices • The benefit of team sports to children • Alcohol sales at sporting events • Athletes as role models • Beer commercials • Sports gambling • Violence and sports (hockey, boxing, etc.) • The commercialization of sports • Youth athletic participation in sports like gymnastics and figure skating