The course aims to engage with social, political, economic and historic meanings of popular culture. It examines a wide range of forms, styles, and practices through which popular culture is produced, performed and consumed. Popular culture genres covered in the course may include television, music, film, fashion, video games, comics, and subcultures. Students are expected to assess the significance of popular culture through their everyday life experience.

CILO-1: Explain the meaning of culture and popular culture. CILO-2: Recognize the role and power of popular culture. CILO-3: Identify the relationship between popular culture and media. CILO-4: Describe different theories regarding popular culture, including feminism, queer theory, post-colonialism, post-modernism, semiotics and Marxism etc. CILO-5: Explore the presentation of gender, race and social class in popular culture. CILO-6: Analyze public memory created by popular culture . CILO-7: Analyze local culture and identity created by popular culture. CILO-8: Critically relate their own experience to the academic discussion about popular culture and media.