The Pop Culture Zone: Writing Critically about Popular Culture

About this book

Why bring pop culture into the composition classroom? Its something students know and can get passionate about and it also functions as a bridge to academic culture and concerns. THE POP CULTURE ZONE: WRITING CRITICALLY ABOUT POPULAR CULTURE 2nd Edition focuses on students relationship with pop culture - such as film television social networks and advertisements - and how this relationship can help them become better critical thinkers readers and writers. Students learn to listen to viewpoints that differ from their own summarize their views effectively compare and contrast and present their ideas in a way that creates a continuing conversation of ideas.