Popular culture (also called pop culture or mass culture) is generally recognized by members of a society as a set of practices, beliefs, artistic output...

Japanese popular culture includes Japanese cinema, cuisine, television programs, anime, manga, video games, music, and doujinshi, all of which retain...

Popular culture studies is the study of popular culture from a critical theory perspective combining communication studies and cultural studies. The first...

dragons in popular culture. Dragons in some form are nearly universal across cultures and as such have become a staple of modern popular culture, especially...

Weishaupt in Bavaria in 1776, the Illuminati have been referred to in popular culture, in books and comics, television and films, and games. A number of...

prophecies of the 16th-century author Nostradamus have become a part of the popular culture of the 20th and 21st centuries. Nostradamus' life has been depicted...

instance, have developed a very distinct naming culture. Both religious names and those inspired by popular culture are common. A few restrictions do exist,...

characters in popular culture. One writer on witches, Judika Illes, wrote, "No spirit exerts more fascination over media and popular culture than Lilith...

contributing to increased awareness and understanding of autism in popular culture. Some examples include: American feature documentary Loving Lampposts...

and the famous character of Frankenstein's monster, have influenced popular culture for at least a century. The work has inspired numerous films, television...