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Assignment: Final Project Milestone 1: Final Project Planning
In Weeks 1?4 of this course, you will work on assignments that contribute to your Final Project, which is due in Week 5.
To prepare:
? Download and complete the Final Project Worksheet document from this week?s Learning Resources.
? Review the Final Project Summary document in this Week?s Learning Resources.
Submit your completed Final Project Worksheet. Be sure to keep a copy and refer to it throughout this course.
Required Readings
Sternbergh, A. (2013, September 8). What was, is and will be popular: The driving forces of pop culture. New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/09/08/magazine/the-culture-package.html?_r=0#/#item_12
This article focuses on how something in today?s culture becomes pop culture and why. The author discusses how changes in perspective can quickly change what is popular and what is not.
The following websites may be helpful throughout this course by demonstrating ways of analyzing pop culture texts as artifacts.
Cultural Politics. (n.d.).
Popular culture. Retrieved from http://culturalpolitics.net/popular_culture
Pop Matters. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.popmatters.com
USC Annenberg. (2014). Media, diversity, & social change initiative. Retrieved from http://annenberg.usc.edu/pages/DrStacyLSmithMDSCI#previousresearch
Required Media
TEDx Talks. (2013, July 15). Why Pop Culture? Alexandre O. Philippe at TEDxMileHigh [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_3UYncNwz4
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 13 minutes.
In this video, Philippe talks about the universality and importance of pop culture to society.
Optional Resources
Cheng, R. (2014, June 13). Britain’s ‘soft power’ fuelled by popular culture. South China Morning Post.
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