Arts: Music: Musicology: Popular Music Studies

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Please only submit sites that pertain to the academic study of popular musics - popular music scholars, university degree programs, peer-reviewed journals, and professional organizations.

A discipline that grew out of cultural and ethnic studies, mass communications, musicology, and ethnomusicology, popular music studies strives to understand our perception of what makes music popular and unpopular. Originally a forum for studying the neglected practices of rock 'n' roll and pop, it grew to include substantial research on heavy metal, hip hop, urban dance music, and popular music in diverse locations such as Bollywood, the Caribbean, and Thailand.

Journals

Academic journals, yearbooks, and other scholarly publications focusing primarily on popular music studies.

Mailing Lists

Online mailing lists, both moderated and unmoderated, pertaining primarily to the study of popular music.

Organizations

Organizations, societies, and professional associations dedicated to the study of popular music. The largest such society is IASPM, the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, with numerous regional branches.

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