Tweet from Twitter: The bus is actually a nice charter bus
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Dr. Stern wrote a new blog post: Blog Assignment 1: Dissecting Popular Celebrity 5 days, 2 hours ago · View
The readings for today get at the heart of the course aims. O’Shaugnessy & Stadler provide a theoretical framework for understanding the star system. Collins explains the impact of reality TV on celebrity politics. Ellcessor shifts the analysis from reality tv to social media. As you take notes toward your first graded post on your [...]
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Dr. Stern wrote a new blog post: Week 1 Recap 1 week, 2 days ago · View
Congratulations on completing the first week of Pop Academy’s Class of Fall 2010! I commend you all on tackling new technologies and concepts in such a hectic week of returning to CNU, navigating the messy campus and jumping into other coursework. While this class may be demanding of our time, I hope you find yourselves [...]
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Dr. Stern wrote a new blog post: Why Pop Culture? 1 week, 4 days ago · View
The readings for today introduce us to important definitions in the critical and cultural studies traditions. I outline my thoughts on some of them here. While this is not a graded individual blog post, the questions I pose here (as in future posts that review readings) are not simply rhetorical. I’d like for you think [...]
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Dr. Stern wrote a new blog post: Another semester already?! 1 week, 5 days ago · View
Today is the first day of the two new sections of Pop Academy. I’m looking forward to how the two groups of students interact via the blogs and Twitter, since previously I have only taught one section at a time. The next 16 weeks should also be interesting since we’ll be doing some Twitter collaboration [...]
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Dr. Stern wrote a new blog post: What is Pop Culture? 1 week, 5 days ago · View
This brief multimedia mashup from Amplify Me is helpful as we begin discussing definitions and implications of popular culture. As you read and take notes from the Danesi article, keep the following terms and concepts in mind :
Cultural relativism
Culture hierarchy
Convergence culture
Symbolic artifacts
Spectacle
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Tweet from Twitter: Go Cards!
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Tweet from Twitter: @zafirojewell You HAVE to watch #Glee. Best new show of the season.
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Tweet from Twitter: So much for an 8-mile backup on 664. I made it to campus faster than ever, and no I wasn’t speeding.
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Tweet from Twitter: If we had an office hour scheduled today, please let me know if we can meet virtually (IM, Skype, email).
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Tweet from Twitter: Sending out CSCA essays to MSIG reviewers from @borjocoffee w/ live Spanish guitar. Good Sunday so far.
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Tweet from Twitter: A NY Times reminder that the gender gap at work is still in full force.: http://bit.ly/3VPrQu
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Tweet from Twitter: Sneaking away from conference zombieness to walk to MacArthur Center to see The Informant, then back to it.
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Tweet from Twitter: I’m glad I like my Mac since I’m spending so much time w/ it this weekend. Another full day of conference organizing.
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Tweet from Twitter: Afraid to check my email inbox, less than three hours left for Central submissions.
