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Here are several centrally important, multi-issue academic sites that
can direct you to specific resources for the study or popular culture,
and large commercial sites that provide extensive quick links to examples
of popular culture and popular counter-cultures to examine.
- The
Media and Communication Studies Site. An excellent, comprehensive
resource developed by Daniel Chandler. Includes sections on different
types of analysis (semiotics, textual analysis etc), different
issues (race, gender and class etc.) and different forms (news,
TV, film, etc.).
- Pop
Matters. Excellent general interest pop culture journal,
with reviews, articles, and fine links.
- Cultural
Studies Central. Rich academic site overseen by cultural
studies scholar Robin Markowitz.
- CineMedia.
A mega directory/search engine with links to media sites in these
categories: TV, Cinema, New Media, Radio Shows, Actors, Films,
Directors, Networks, Video Studios, Theaters, Organizations, Magazines,
Schools, Festivals, TV, Cinema, Production, Research, etc.
- E!
Online. Large commercial site useful for exploring current
pop culture trends and the rhetoric of celebrity.
- Entertainment
Weekly (EW). A somewhat more sophisticated and critical commercial
site than E!, the EW pages include a large archive of reviews
and articles on all aspects of popular entertainment.
- Illuminations:
The Critical Theory Website. Contains writings from specific
theorists, especially within the Frankfurt School. Also has a
large list of links.
- theory.org.
A more advanced media and cultural theory site that has a sense of humor (try collecting the
“cool theorists trading cards,” for example).
- Mediachannel.
A global network of media issues affiliates. Includes a searchable
database of articles from various sites on the web.
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