Theorising Popular Culture
Theorising Popular Culture: 2700 word critical essay.
Worth 100% of final grade
- ‘New media forms have changed the way we produce and consume culture’. Do you agree? Use two examples of new media forms.
- Social media eg: facebook, blogs
- Internet
- Compare with old fashion way eg: radio
- Globalization
- Culture production
- Frankfurt school
- Adorno, T. (1991) The Culture Industry: Selected Essays on Mass Culture London: Routledge
- New media literature
Structure
IN YOUR ESSAY, YOU SHOULD ENGAGE WITH APPROPRIATE THEORETICAL WORK, WHILST CRITICALLY ADDRESSING SPECIFIC TEXTS, ISSUES OR PRACTICES
- DON’T JUST LOOK AT THE QUESTION AND SEE ‘A WEEK’
- ALL THESE DEBATES FEED INTO ONE ANOTHER AND BELONG IN THE SAME NARRATIVE OF CULTURAL THEORY
- READ THE QUESTION CAREFULLY AND MAKE SURE YOU RESPOND TO IT
- KEEP REFERRING BACK TO THE TITLE – BOTH MENTALLY AND IN YOUR WORK
- Your task is to write a critical essay – but what does it mean to be critical?
- This essay requires that you be critical rather than just descriptive – to describe either just the popular culture text or the theory you are drawing on
- They must be brought together to make a new contribution
- By being critical, I will hear your academic voice, your argument and your academic issues
- Don’t let the academic literature speak for itself – instead use it to allow YOU to say things