This book is available on the third floor and provides a global exploration of the internet meme as an agent of pop culture, politics, protest, and propaganda.
A peer-reviewed journal committed to the academic exploration of the interrelations and interactions between religion and popular culture.
Documentary on the history of nudity in the movies examining the changes in morality that led to the use of nudity in films.
This podcast is a great source of ideas for topics in pop culture that you can explore further from a Sociological standpoint.
Because popular culture can be found and researched in any discipline, you may need to look outside of the typical sociological resources to find information to support your research. This can include databases from mass communications, history, or art. Included here is a sample of databases that have interesting pop culture resources.
JSTOR is very strong in most of the disciplines that cover pop culture.
Much of popular culture is within the realm of mass media, searching this database can help round out your research.
AdView includes thousands of television commercials from the 1950s through the 1980s, which is a great way to get a peek into former pop culture.
An asterisk ( Shift+8 to get *) after a series of letters tells the search to provide results that match the letters you typed along with any word ending as long as it is part of the same word. Keep in mind that this may not always work the way you expect! Applications for this could be:
| Base plus * | Sample of Possible matches |
|---|---|
| vampir* | vampire, vampiric, vampirism |
| anthropomorph* | anthropomorphic, anthropomorphous, anthropomorphize |
Placing quotes around two or more words tells the search to provide results with those words in that exact order with only one space between them. This is especially helpful when words have meanings separately that are changed when combined or are given a more specific meaning when used in conjunction. Some examples are:
The word "or" means something very different to databases, and might be helpful when searching for similar concepts that either don't all start with the same letters or has too many irrelevant matches.
| Instead of just... | Try... |
|---|---|
| movies | movies OR "motion picture" OR cinema OR films |
| hashtag activism | "hashtag activism" OR "social media movements" OR "internet activism" |