Popular culture : introductive perspectives /
Marcel Danesi.
- 2nd ed.
- Lanham (MD) : Rowman & Littlefield, c2012.
- 277 p. : ill. b&w ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. What is pop cultures? -- 2. Explaining pop culture -- 3. Print -- 4. Radio -- 5. Music -- 6. Cinema and video -- 7. Television -- 8. Advertising, branding and fads -- 9. Pop language -- 10.Forever pop.
Popular culture surrounds us. Its products are the movies we watch, the music we listen to and the books we read; they are our televisions, phones and computers. We are its fickle friends, loving to hate it and hating to love it. But what exactly is it?