popular culture
New research from CU Boulder political scientist Michelangelo Landgrave finds that watching political influencers on TikTok does not seem to influence young voters on the issues—but does leave them feeling sadder, angrier and more anxious.
CU Boulder alumna Emily Fairfax shared her scientific expertise as the beaver consultant on the new Pixar film Hoppers.
CU Boulder scholar Nicole Mansfield Wright notes that Bridgerton demonstrates how fantasy can illuminate real history.
CU Boulder sociologist Laura Patterson makes screenwriting debut with short horror film “Silent Generation."
Calvin and Hobbes, Bill Watterson’s beloved comic strip, ended three decades ago this month, yet its magic endures, says William Kuskin, CU Boulder English professor and expert on comics and graphic novels.
Once a cultural phenomenon, MTV ends five music channels in the UK; viewership in the U.S. continues its downward slide.
The tradition of football on the fourth Thursday in November is almost as old as the holiday itself, bringing families together in an important cultural touchpoint
The films of 1975, currently featured in CU Boulder’s International Film Series, reflected the times and the culture in ways that hadn’t been seen before, says film scholar Ernesto Acevedo-Muñoz.
Forty years after the launch of the Nintendo Entertainment System, the name remains synonymous with worldwide gaming and technological innovation.
In a week celebrating both National Coffee Day and International Coffee Day, CU Boulder scholar and “coffee-ologist” Kate Fischer considers a good cup of joe.