{"id":823,"date":"2023-12-12T20:34:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T20:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/ppsccom1300communicationandpopularculture\/front-matter\/introduction\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T01:52:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T01:52:38","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/ppsccom1300communicationandpopularculture\/front-matter\/introduction\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction","rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"raw":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Media, Society, Culture, and You<\/h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">edited and adapted by<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Katie Wheeler, MA Communication and Jessica Mehring, MA Communication<\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em>This edition of Media, Society, Culture, and You was updated by the PPSC Communication Department at Pikes Peak State College in 2026. COM 1300 Media, Society, Culture, and You by PPSC is licensed under a <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/deed.en\">Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License<\/a>, except where otherwise noted.<\/em>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/mirrors.creativecommons.org\/presskit\/buttons\/88x31\/png\/by-nc-sa.png\" alt=\"CC BY NC SA License \" width=\"111\" height=\"39\" \/>\r\n\r\n<em>This reading was originally adopted and adapted from <a href=\"https:\/\/press.rebus.community\/mscy\" rel=\"cc:attributionURL\">Media, Society, Culture and You<\/a> by Mark Poepsel licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY 40.<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/open.lib.umn.edu\/mediaandculture\" rel=\"cc:attributionURL\">Understanding Media and Culture<\/a> by University of Minnesota licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-NC-SA 4.0<\/a>, and has been remixed with supplementary material and adapted for Pikes Peak State College.\u00a0<\/em>\r\n\r\nCover image \"Old Compton Street by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/woman-walking-passes-graffiti-ekvNI_03FLM\">Mark Hayward<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/\">Unsplash<\/a>.","rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Media, Society, Culture, and You<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">edited and adapted by<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Katie Wheeler, MA Communication and Jessica Mehring, MA Communication<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This edition of Media, Society, Culture, and You was updated by the PPSC Communication Department at Pikes Peak State College in 2026. 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