Word: academicized
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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And Harvard gave me academic credit for it.
If you do not deem my subject worthy of academic analysis, you would not be alone.
According to critics, the appeal of popular culture studies is academic laziness. Walsh says that "there is an assumption that the level of discussion is not very high...that studying popular culture is an excuse to sit around and do nothing."
Mass media is an important subject for academic study precisely because it is so pervasive. The average American child watches six hours of television a day. Advertising billboards bombard us on every street corner. Our entire political system revolves around the ability of candidates to influence the electorate through advertising...
CRITICS, HOWEVER, CONTEND that the widespread student opposition to CLT is fueled less by personal fear than by domineering faculty members trying to advance their own political causes. Rather than standard bearers in a battle to support education, CLT backers say, these students are simply stooges for an entrenched group...