An Uneasy Return to the Role of Popular Culture
The editorial for the thematic issue of Media and Communication, “From Sony’s Walkman to RuPaul’s Drag Race: A Landscape of Contemporary Popular Culture,” looks at the prevailing themes of earlier studies of popular culture, from Raymond Williams’ organic culture to the postmodern embrace of commodi...
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| description | The editorial for the thematic issue of Media and Communication, “From Sony’s Walkman to RuPaul’s Drag Race: A Landscape of Contemporary Popular Culture,” looks at the prevailing themes of earlier studies of popular culture, from Raymond Williams’ organic culture to the postmodern embrace of commodity culture, in relation to the current cultural moment of disruption and unease. The editorial then synthesizes the articles contained in the issue against where the study of popular culture has been and where we may anticipate it going. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b4d9b5c0afd7431f8ec2eeaa05b4c1c92022-12-22T01:34:16ZengCogitatioMedia and Communication2183-24392021-09-019317517810.17645/mac.v9i3.46562130An Uneasy Return to the Role of Popular CultureNiall Brennan0Frederik Dhaenens1Tonny Krijnen2Department of Communication, Fairfield University, USACentre for Cinema and Media Studies, Ghent University, BelgiumDepartment of Media and Communication, Erasmus University, The NetherlandsThe editorial for the thematic issue of Media and Communication, “From Sony’s Walkman to RuPaul’s Drag Race: A Landscape of Contemporary Popular Culture,” looks at the prevailing themes of earlier studies of popular culture, from Raymond Williams’ organic culture to the postmodern embrace of commodity culture, in relation to the current cultural moment of disruption and unease. The editorial then synthesizes the articles contained in the issue against where the study of popular culture has been and where we may anticipate it going.https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/4656commodificationpolitical communicationpopular culturepostmodernism |
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