Dustin Kidd
Author of Pop Culture Freaks: Identity, Mass Media, and Society
About the Author
Dustin Kidd is a pop culture expert and associate professor of sociology at Temple University. His research examines film, television, fiction, social media, comics, video games, music, and the arts, focusing on both inequalities and the ways marginalized groups use media to challenge those show more inequalities. He is the author of the books Social Media Freaks, Pop Culture Freaks, and Legislating Creativity. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology and an MA in English from the University of Virginia. show less
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I really enjoyed this deep dive into pop culture. This is also a sort of guide for studying all types of sociology which is my area of study. This book was published a few years ago so some of the references do feel a bit outdated such as all the talk about the show glee but all the information was still very valuable. Some sections were more engaging for me than others but a lot of that had to do with my own perspective. I liked all the graphs and charts included in this book because I am a show more bit of a visual learner. I have Kidd’s other book Social Media Freaks which was published more recently. I really liked his writing so I am excited to read that book soon. show less
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