The Spartan Podcast – Gary Hoppenstand
From MSU Today on Impact Radio: MSU professor of American Studies and Popular Culture Gary Hoppenstand is an international expert on popular culture.
Hoppenstand says popular culture is, well, everything. “It’s like water to a fish,” he says. “A fish lives in water but isn’t always aware that it’s there and having an impact.” Pop culture is more commonly thought of as mass-produced and mass-consumed items like television, radio,movies, and books.
He talks about MSU’s prominence in popular culture studies and about his role as editor-in-chief of the MSU-based Journal of Popular Culture. And he describes his award-winning Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Popular Culture.
Hosted by Russ White.
Hear the Conversation 15:33 – 8.9 mb mp3
