Study Questions 1: Kellner Study Questions for Jan 21

1. What does Kellner suggest are some of the main differences between a cultural studies approach to popular culture and other approaches?

2. Kellner discuss three main types of mass mediated popular culture analysis. For each of these three, identify at least two different dimensions, or aspects of analysis.

3. What does Kellner mean by the terms "hegemonic" and "counter-hegemonic"? How do these terms relate to the terms "mainstream" and "alternative" that he also uses?

4. What do you think of Kellner's claim that popular culture analysis that does not explicitly fight against social inequalities is tacitly supporting them?