In his 1994 book, Introducing Cultural Studies, Ziauddin Sardar lists the following five main characteristics of cultural studies: The aim of cultural studies is to examine cultural practices and their relation to power.
在若丁·薩達（Ziauddin Sardar）的《文化研究介紹》（Introducing Cultural Studies）一書中，列舉了以下五個主要的文化研究特色： 文化研究意在檢視其主題中的文化活動以及文化活動與權力的關係。