"Cultural Renaissance or Cultural Divide?"

While I was reading "Cultural Renaissance or Cultural Divide?" by Bill Ivey and Steven J. Tepper I noticed the difference in Pop Culture today from Pop Culture in years past. I realized how today an "amateur" can post something on youtube and if a lot of people look at it and like it then that person or group can become famous and possibly make some money. Today people at their homes can get on the internet and browse anything in the world. Getting on youtube to look at something someone else has mentioned happens all the time. In my own experience when I hear a friend of mine at practice talking about the lastest thing on youtube, I go home and look it up. In the past this knowledge was so instintaneous.