Your research paper will be an in-depth exploration of a pop culture phenomenon or case study (a company/industry, television show, film, music video, song/artist, video game, trend, etc.). You will analyze this case study in relation to ONE of the topics/theoretical approaches that we have studied in class.
Possible theoretical approaches/course concepts:
Audience reception (Stuart Hall’s theory of Encoding/Decoding)
Deviance and social order
Globalization of popular culture
Panopticism and control (Foucault)
Queer Theory (Judith Butler)
Hegemonic cultural practices
Remember that no matter what course concept or theoretical approach you choose, it MUST be related to a specific case study or example. This is not optional. Your paper should engage fully with both the case study, class concepts, and sources that you have found in your research.
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