Politics and Pop Culture
Channel: MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Date: 2016-04-21

Robert Putnam has suggested that the political consciousness and civic engagement of the post- World War II generation may have taken shape in bowling alleys and other spaces where community members gathered. Might the political consciousness of the new generation be taking shape in and around popular culture? Are we seeing a blurring of the roles of citizen and consumer? Is this fusion between entertainment and news a good or a bad thing? 

Norman Lear Center deputy director Johanna Blakley, New York Times culture reporter David Carr, NYU  politics of media and culture professor Stephen Duncombe discussed these issues and more. Henry Jenkins, co-director of Comparative Media Studies department at MIT, moderated.