";s:4:"text";s:1499:" Almost by definition, popular culture has attained an immense global following precisely because it is popular. For many citizens of other countries though, the near take-over of their own cultural industries, especially for younger audiences, is of great concern. In fact, pop culture has influenced food so much that there is a site that has recipes solely of dishes inspired from popular books. The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is the official and trusted source of internationally-comparable data on education, science, culture and communication. Popular culture studies is the study of popular culture from a critical theory perspective combining communication studies and cultural studies.The first institution to offer bachelor's and master's degrees in Popular Culture is the Bowling Green State University Department of Popular Culture founded by Ray B. Browne..