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An interdisciplinary field that takes popular culture—television, music, film, comics, gaming, fashion, internet memes—as a serious object of academic inquiry. Popular culture studies examines how cultural forms are produced, circulated, and consumed, and how they shape identity, community, and social values. It draws on cultural studies, sociology, media studies, and anthropology to explore everything from fandom to representation, from the politics of taste to the economics of cultural production. It treats pop culture not as trivial or escapist but as a central site where meaning, power, and belonging are negotiated.
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