Phillip Vannini is Canada Research Chair in Public Ethnography and Professor of Communication and Culture at Royal Roads University. He is the author of five books and editor of seven, as well as the editor of two book series, including Interactionist Currents (Ashgate). All of his scholarship deals with cultural and everyday life issues. Several of his journal articles and chapters for edited books have also dealt with popular culture and everyday life issues, such as research studies on camping, eating, drinking, travelling, building, consuming, body modification, experiencing the weather, and more. Dennis D. Waskul is a Professor of Sociology and Distinguished Faculty Scholar at Minnesota State University, Mankato. He has authored or edited six books and is editor of the book series Interactionist Currents (Ashgate). He has published many empirical studies, including various investigations of the use of new media technologies for sexual purposes, sensual sociology, and the intersections of fantasy and lived experience. Dennis serves on the editorial board for multiple journals, including Sexualities and Qualitative Sociology.

"Ultimately, this is a very rewarding text, and one that this reader will be coming back to many times."--Will Gibson, University College London, in Symbolic Interaction

• ForewordIntroduction: Popular Culture as Everyday LifePhillip Vannini and Dennis D. WaskulEssays on the Daily Life of Popular Culture1. Watching TelevisionThomas Conroy2. Watching Reality TelevisionTony E. Adams3. Watching Drug CommercialsCharles Edgley4. Using Mobile PhonesChristopher J. Schneider5. Sharing and Waiting on FacebookStaci Newmahr6. ReadingMichael Schwalbe7. Making VideoPhillip Vannini 8. Sharing SelfiesUschi Klein9. Playing MusicSimon Gottschalk 10. Seeing Live MusicEmily M. Boyd11. Playing Games is (Not Always) FunJ. Patrick Williams12. SleepingCarolyn Ellis13. Having SexBeth Montemurro14. Going to the BathroomDennis D. Waskul15. Getting DressedJohn C. Pruit16. Putting on MakeupRebecca F. Plante17. Drinking CoffeePernille S. Stroeback18. ExercisingMichael Atkinson19. Kicking AssDale C. Spencer20. Watching the Super BowlBernard D. Glowinski and Joseph A. Kotarba21. Home-MakingKaren McCormack22. Having PetsLeslie Irvine23. On Not DrivingSherryl Kleinman24. Snow-GazingDavid Redmon25. ShoppingKeith Berry26. Trick-or-TreatingWilliam Ryan Force27. Staying in HotelsOrvar Löfgren28. (Not) SmokingJustin A. Martin29. Consuming CraftMichael Ian Borer

Phillip Vannini is Canada Research Chair in Public Ethnography and Professor of Communication and Culture at Royal Roads University. He is the author of five books and editor of seven, as well as the editor of two book series, including Interactionist Currents (Ashgate). All of his scholarship deals with cultural and everyday life issues. Several of his journal articles and chapters for edited books have also dealt with popular culture and everyday life issues, such as research studies on camping, eating, drinking, travelling, building, consuming, body modification, experiencing the weather, and more. Dennis D. Waskul is a Professor of Sociology and Distinguished Faculty Scholar at Minnesota State University, Mankato. He has authored or edited six books and is editor of the book series Interactionist Currents (Ashgate). He has published many empirical studies, including various investigations of the use of new media technologies for sexual purposes, sensual sociology, and the intersections of fantasy and lived experience. Dennis serves on the editorial board for multiple journals, including Sexualities and Qualitative Sociology.

"Ultimately, this is a very rewarding text, and one that this reader will be coming back to many times."--Will Gibson, University College London, in Symbolic Interaction

• ForewordIntroduction: Popular Culture as Everyday LifePhillip Vannini and Dennis D. WaskulEssays on the Daily Life of Popular Culture1. Watching TelevisionThomas Conroy2. Watching Reality TelevisionTony E. Adams3. Watching Drug CommercialsCharles Edgley4. Using Mobile PhonesChristopher J. Schneider5. Sharing and Waiting on FacebookStaci Newmahr6. ReadingMichael Schwalbe7. Making VideoPhillip Vannini 8. Sharing SelfiesUschi Klein9. Playing MusicSimon Gottschalk 10. Seeing Live MusicEmily M. Boyd11. Playing Games is (Not Always) FunJ. Patrick Williams12. SleepingCarolyn Ellis13. Having SexBeth Montemurro14. Going to the BathroomDennis D. Waskul15. Getting DressedJohn C. Pruit16. Putting on MakeupRebecca F. Plante17. Drinking CoffeePernille S. Stroeback18. ExercisingMichael Atkinson19. Kicking AssDale C. Spencer20. Watching the Super BowlBernard D. Glowinski and Joseph A. Kotarba21. Home-MakingKaren McCormack22. Having PetsLeslie Irvine23. On Not DrivingSherryl Kleinman24. Snow-GazingDavid Redmon25. ShoppingKeith Berry26. Trick-or-TreatingWilliam Ryan Force27. Staying in HotelsOrvar Löfgren28. (Not) SmokingJustin A. Martin29. Consuming CraftMichael Ian Borer

Phillip Vannini is Canada Research Chair in Public Ethnography and Professor of Communication and Culture at Royal Roads University. He is the author of five books and editor of seven, as well as the editor of two book series, including Interactionist Currents (Ashgate). All of his scholarship deals with cultural and everyday life issues. Several of his journal articles and chapters for edited books have also dealt with popular culture and everyday life issues, such as research studies on camping, eating, drinking, travelling, building, consuming, body modification, experiencing the weather, and more. Dennis D. Waskul is a Professor of Sociology and Distinguished Faculty Scholar at Minnesota State University, Mankato. He has authored or edited six books and is editor of the book series Interactionist Currents (Ashgate). He has published many empirical studies, including various investigations of the use of new media technologies for sexual purposes, sensual sociology, and the intersections of fantasy and lived experience. Dennis serves on the editorial board for multiple journals, including Sexualities and Qualitative Sociology.

"Ultimately, this is a very rewarding text, and one that this reader will be coming back to many times."--Will Gibson, University College London, in Symbolic Interaction

• ForewordIntroduction: Popular Culture as Everyday LifePhillip Vannini and Dennis D. WaskulEssays on the Daily Life of Popular Culture1. Watching TelevisionThomas Conroy2. Watching Reality TelevisionTony E. Adams3. Watching Drug CommercialsCharles Edgley4. Using Mobile PhonesChristopher J. Schneider5. Sharing and Waiting on FacebookStaci Newmahr6. ReadingMichael Schwalbe7. Making VideoPhillip Vannini 8. Sharing SelfiesUschi Klein9. Playing MusicSimon Gottschalk 10. Seeing Live MusicEmily M. Boyd11. Playing Games is (Not Always) FunJ. Patrick Williams12. SleepingCarolyn Ellis13. Having SexBeth Montemurro14. Going to the BathroomDennis D. Waskul15. Getting DressedJohn C. Pruit16. Putting on MakeupRebecca F. Plante17. Drinking CoffeePernille S. Stroeback18. ExercisingMichael Atkinson19. Kicking AssDale C. Spencer20. Watching the Super BowlBernard D. Glowinski and Joseph A. Kotarba21. Home-MakingKaren McCormack22. Having PetsLeslie Irvine23. On Not DrivingSherryl Kleinman24. Snow-GazingDavid Redmon25. ShoppingKeith Berry26. Trick-or-TreatingWilliam Ryan Force27. Staying in HotelsOrvar Löfgren28. (Not) SmokingJustin A. Martin29. Consuming CraftMichael Ian Borer