Introduction: The impact of popular music on symbolic interaction

Abstract

The coeditors of this special issue – Christopher Schneider, Bryce Merrill, and Robert Gardner – have done a wonderful job updating the growing interest in popular music among symbolic interactionists. Their good work is largely a result of their own status as promising junior scholars – as major players in the bright future of symbolic interaction. They bring three key ingredients to the creative mix before you. First, they are themselves researchers and writers in the area of popular music, with interests ranging from the role of technology in shaping the meaning of popular music to the interplay of community and identity in the popular music experience. Second, they are close to ever-evolving trends and fashions in popular music. This analytical stance fits well with the interactionist tradition of monitoring the everyday life features of social change. Third, they are cognizant of the exciting work engaged in by other junior scholars, several of whom are represented in this special issue.

Citation

Kotarba, J.A. (2010), "Introduction: The impact of popular music on symbolic interaction", Denzin, N.K. (Ed.) Studies in Symbolic Interaction (Studies in Symbolic Interaction, Vol. 35), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 3-4. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0163-2396(2010)0000035003