Week 1 Readings

July 4th 
Course Introduction and breakdown

July 6th
Storey, John. 1993. Cultural theory and popular culture, Chapter 1.What is popular culture? pp. 1-16. [course reserves]

Hall, Stuart. 1981 Notes on Deconstructing the Popular. People’s History and Socialist Theory: ed. R. Samuel. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, pp.64-71.

Poyntz, Stuart R. “Independent Media, Youth Agency, and the Promise of Media Education.” Canadian Journal of Education 29:1 (2006): 5-26. [UTL]