Popular Culture
Directory of Library Services
Do Academics Study Pop Culture?
YES.
Scholars and academics are often fans. Sometimes they even refer to themselves as "aca-fans".
Databases
Here is a sample of academic and peer-reviewed journals available in our research databases.
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Art & Architecture Source This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles and images from art, design, and multidisciplinary periodicals and books.
Sample titles:
- International Journal of Comic Art - limited full text
- Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education - full text
- Journal of Popular Culture (US) - abstracts only
- Journal of Popular Film & Television - limited full text
- Studies in Comics- full text
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Access scholarly books and journals related to literature, music, film, folklore, visual and performing arts, architecture, and more.
JSTOR is a good resource for researching historical pop culture and trends. Search by subject to find both articles and book chapters.
Sample topics:
Sample titles:
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ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new window
General multidisciplinary reference. Full-text with graphics, covering over 2,600 titles from 1971 to the present.
Sample titles:
- Fashion Theory
- Journal of Popular Culture (Oxford)
Open Access Academic Journals
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Flow Online journal of television and media studies launched in October 2004
Fan Studies
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FanHackers Project of the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) that makes fan studies scholarship more accessible.
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Fan Studies Bibliography Compiled by FanHackers, it collects information about published research and, where possible, links to or copies of said research
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Fanlore Wiki documenting fan history; project of the Organization of Transformative Works (OTW)
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Fan Studies Scholarly association for aca-fans (mostly UK)
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