Teaching American Media and Popular Culture
Expansion, Inclusion, Interdisciplinarity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10892124 |
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| Authors | Joel Frykholm (0000-0002-4732-1819, Stockholm University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-12 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Studies in Scandinavia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0044-8060 • E-ISSN: 0044-8060 |
| Publisher | Copenhagen Business School (PUBLISHER • DK) |
| DOI | 10.22439/asca.v56i2.7379 |
| OpenAlex | W4405380621 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
This is a reflection on my experiences in teaching American media at the Swedish Institute for American studies from 2015 to 2021. By way of concrete descriptions of classes taught and topics raised, I make a case for an approach to popular media that looks beyond both an all-too-limited focus on “mass media” and the text-centric, hermeneutically based discussions about media representations that have otherwise been the most common way of engaging with media in American studies. I also discuss challenges of interdisciplinarity that are a key concern not only when teaching media, but for the field of American studies more broadly
Inclusion (mineral · Social science · Sociology · Digital Games and Media · Literacy, Media, and Education
| Highly cited | No |
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