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	<title>Critical Theory &#38; the Study of Popular Culture</title>
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		<title>Blog Assignment 2: Marxism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In our textbook, Tony Bennett (in Storey (Ed.), 2009) clarifies for us a major component of Gramscian hegemony. In order for a dominant social group to exercise power over another group, the dominant class has to &#8220;make room&#8221; for the subjugated (&#8220;working&#8221;) class values and culture (p. 84). When a hegemonic class is most successful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Assignment 1: Dissecting Popular Celebrity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The readings for today get at the heart of the course aims. O&#8217;Shaugnessy &#38; Stadler provide a theoretical framework for understanding the star system. Collins explains the impact of reality TV on celebrity politics. Ellcessor shifts the analysis from reality tv to social media. As you take notes toward your first graded post on your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Week 1 Recap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations on completing the first week of Pop Academy&#8217;s Class of Fall 2010! I commend you all on tackling new technologies and concepts in such a hectic week of returning to CNU, navigating the messy campus and jumping into other coursework. While this class may be demanding of our time, I hope you find yourselves [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://comm326.popacademy.org/week-1-recap/</link>
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		<title>Why Pop Culture?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The readings for today introduce us to important definitions in the critical and cultural studies traditions. I outline my thoughts on some of them here. While this is not a graded individual blog post, the questions I pose here (as in future posts that review readings) are not simply rhetorical. I&#8217;d like for you think [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Pop Culture?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This brief multimedia mashup from Amplify Me is helpful as we begin discussing definitions and implications of popular culture.  As you read and take notes from the Danesi article, keep the following terms and concepts in mind : Cultural relativism Culture hierarchy Convergence culture Symbolic artifacts Spectacle]]></description>
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		<title>Fall 2010 Course Info Ready!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to Pop Academy! You can browse the syllabus and assignment rubrics by clicking on the Course Documents page above. I suggest reading through the syllabus carefully since it contains all the major assignment descriptions. You&#8217;ll also want to click on the Twitter Toolkit page and read the brief articles about Twitter, as well as [...]]]></description>
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