ABSTRACT

A student from Brazil uses a soundtrack of techno music from the U.S. and images including Darth Vader, Dr. Evil, and Peter Pan to create a video she posts online. Another video from Lebanon mixes personal photos and images from Japanese manga with a U.S. hip hop soundtrack. On a fan forum for the movie Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part One, the young people discussing the movie gather from around the world, including New Zealand, Japan, Argentina, Spain, Britain, and the U.S. Meanwhile, on FanFiction.net the authors of fan fiction also come from many countries, including, Jordan, Finland, Tanzania, and Korea. And students from India to Australia to Lebanon have Facebook pages that include lists of their favorite music and movies, as well as clips from videos and links to other popular culture webpages.