What is Pop Culture?

The introduction of Storey's Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction begins with idea that in order to talk about popular culture, we need to understand its definition. In line with Greene's idea that a writer should frame their writing in a way to create perspective for the reader, Storey suggests that the chosen definition of popular culture will affect this frame. Thus, it becomes very important to understand the way it can be defined. However, coming up with a definition is not so easy. In order to understand popular culture,...

Let's Agree to Disagree

In "Argument as Conversation," Greene encourages the reader to think of writing in a social manner. He explains that writings can be seen as conversations between the authors. If a reader disagrees with the viewpoint of something, they will continue the conversation by writing about their stance. Rather than merely agreeing with someone's views, Greene explains that readers must extensively research a topic in order to gain their own perspective. After gaining this perspective, the person must then learn to frame it to their own readers. This guides...