Chapter 1
Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Sociology of Popular Culture
Chapter 1 broadly introduces readers to the field of the sociology of popular culture. It opens with an examination of Donald Trump as a pop culture president. The chapter offers a definition of popular culture and connects pop culture to the topics of media and identity.
Chapter Sections
- Pop Culture President
- Losers, Strangers, and Freaks
- Defining Popular Culture
- Functions of Popular Culture
- Research Questions and Arguments
- Mass Media Matrix
- Matrix of Identity
- Typology of Pop Culture Adaptation
- Field Guide for Analysis
- Wrap-up
- Resources
Keywords (defined in glossary)
- Freak
- Popular Culture
- High Culture
- Folk Culture
- Mass Culture
- Culture
- Commercial Culture
- Formation
- Reception
- Cultural Object
- Production
- Creation
- Consumption
- Interpretation
- Cultural Diamond
- Reflection Theory
- Tool kit
- Oligopoly
- Vertical Integration
- Horizontal Integration
- Diagonal Integration
- Corporate Interlocks
- Federal Communications Commission
- Culture Industry
- Matrix of Domination
- Intersectionality
- Representation
- Stereotype
- Privilege
- Conspicuous Consumption
- Conformist
- Innovator
- Anomie
- Ritualist
- Retreatist
- Rebel
Names (discussed in the chapter)
- Theodor Adorno
- Patricia Hill Collins
- Kimberle Crenshaw
- Emile Durkheim
- Wendy Griswold
- Max Horkheimer
- Peggy McIntosh
- Robert Merton
- Georg Simmel
A Pinterest board of resources for the introductory chapter of Pop Culture Freaks second edition. In the widget, click on "The Sociology of Popular Culture" to go to the full board.