Course Content (Syllabus)
Popular culture: historical development, current situation
Media shaping popular culture: television shows, cinema, music, advertising, fashion, social media, video games
Popular culture and Cultural theory: critical analysis of popular culture
Popular culture and cultural hegemony.
Popular culture and consumer society. The entertainment industry
Young people and popular culture: forms and trends of youth popular culture
Impacts of popular culture on young people: Cultivation of stereotypes and social attitudes
Racism and nationalism in popular culture.
Gender in Popular Culture: Gender Representations and Sexism
Popular Culture, Social Contradictions and Social Struggles