It's been done before. He's more impressed with Steve Martin's performance as host. A scholar who estimates he sees hundreds of movies a year, Prof. Pomerance first came to Ryerson in September 1973. He has since taught courses in media and society, Hollywood and society, and pop culture, and now chairs the department. Given his interest and expertise in these areas, he is widely sought-after by the media.
Pop culture is our most dominant source of ideology today.
In 1995, Prof. Pomerance and colleague John Sakeris created the Media Studies Working Group, as a production support arm for the first in a series of international conferences on media studies. The culture is being swept in violence, guns are everywhere in media and entertainment, and it's not being looked at. Anti-intellectualism, he says, is a topic worth examining because academics know that their students are avidly watching movies and shows that glorify stupidity. The same students to whom they teach Plato during the day, go home at night to enjoy such television offerings as The Tom Green Show , and Beavis and Butt-Head . The resulting book, Closely Watched Brains , was released in January.