This book explores the material and everyday intersections between popular culture and new media. Using a range of interdisciplinary resources the chapters open up various hidden dimensions, including objects and infrastructures, archives, algorithms, data play and the body that force us to rethink our understanding of culture as it is today.
1. Introduction: The Intersections of Popular Culture and New Media 2. Objects and Infrastructures: Opening the Pathways of Cultural Circulation 3. Archiving: Organising the Circulations of Popular Culture 4. Algorithms: Shaping Tastes and Manipulating the Circulations of Popular Culture 5. Data Play: Circulating for Fun 6. Bodies and Interfaces: the Corporeal Circulations of Popular Culture 7. Conclusion: The Centrality of Circulations in Popular Culture