This hands-on survey introduces students to the diverse fields that comprise cultural studies, from visual culture to popular music and new media. It can be used as a standalone text or is the perfect companion volume to Ryan's Cultural Studies: An Anthology. * Provides a comprehensive overview of the field, from cyberculture and digital media to fashion and new formulations of gender identity * Includes student exercises and activities for each chapter * Teaches cultural analysis through practical examples and application * Gives students across disciplines the tools to become practitioners of Cultural Studies and active cultural analysts * The perfect companion volume to Ryan's Cultural Studies Anthology (2008)