Pop Cultures: Cultural and Creative Industries, Concepts and Problems
Pop Cultures: Cultural and Creative Industries, Concepts and Problems A Global Inclusive Interdisciplinary Conference Sunday 19th March 2023 - Monday 20th March 2023 Prague, Czech Republic The concept of pop- or popular-culture is slippery and oddly illusory. We might think we understand it and know what it is even if we can't quite define it, but due to the fact that it is a contemporary phenomenon in full swing and related to popular and everyday activities, its meaning, production and circulation flows are quite complex. Part of what holds society together, pop culture works in large part through various forms of media to disseminate normative modes of behaviour and thought, introduces new and innovative ideas, offers inclusivity and an easily generated in-group mechanism, and can often serve as a beli