SOC 202 Lecture 1: Introduction to Popular Culture
18 Jan 2018
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Explain different understandings of culture and popular culture. Describe the intersection of corporations, consumerism and culture. Reflect upon the individual and social consequences of both popular culture and technologically driven cultural changes. Analyze a variety of different theoretical approaches to popular culture, in particular those relating to antonio gramsci. Understand political and ideological dimensions of popular culture. Comprehend concepts of race, class and gender as they relate to popular culture. Reflect on the various debates surrounding popular culture, in addition to how it operates as a pedagogical tool. Appy course components to critical thinking about the popular culture experienced in your day-to-day existence. Reflect on aspects of popular culture that have impacted your life. Delves into distinctions of culture, popular culture and mass culture. According to o"brien and szeman (2014), studying popular culture helps us move beyond a range of typical reactions:
