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Rethinking Thinkpieces: Pop Criticism as Pop Culture
Michael Lawrence @doctorlawrence
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We’re seeing an explosion of sharable digital content that offers commentary on popular culture in the style of critical cultural analysis.
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A PRODUCTIVELY PEJORATIVE TERM?
According to a think piece about think pieces…
“THESE DAYS, WHEN YOU WANT TO MOCK A PIECE OF WRITING,
THINK PIECE IS THE GO-TO
TERM.”
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How to study these things?
▸ As a kind of text. A form/genre of criticism with distinct characteristics.
▸ As a kind of practice. Posting and sharing is a communicative act, a mode of engagement. Look beyond “reading” and “thinking.”
▸ As a kind of commodified content. Driving traffic, promoting brands and platforms, generating data.
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The death of Prince.
The release of Lemonade.
As experienced on Facebook.
By way of think pieces.
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Critical cultural critique. As clickbait?
For example:
The appropriation of “cultural appropriation.”
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Do we actually read these things? Do they really help us think about culture? Or are they just more noise?
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We don’t just read these things, we…
WRITE POST TWEET RETWEET LIKE REACT
COMMENT SKIM REPLY MENTION CITE REMIX
IGNORE FORGET REMEMBER BLOCK EMAIL BOOKMARK
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Beyond reading? Beyond thinking?
BUILD COMMUNITY
INVITE DIALOGUE
SET AGENDA
POLICE NORMS
UPDATE STATUS
EVALUATE RELATIONSHIPS
SELF-PROMOTION
GET NEWS
IDENTITY PLAY
EMOTIONAL WORK
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Things get a little meta.
Thinking. About think pieces.
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