In 2021, with support from the Pop Culture Collaborative, the Norman Lear Center's Media Impact Project created our first network mapping survey of the Pop Culture for Social Change (PCfSC) field. Connections and Accomplishments: A 2021 Pop Culture for Social Change Network Analysis is our first-ever “state of the field” report, serving as an essential, data-informed baseline for mapping, understanding and witnessing the evolution of the PCfSC field.

Based on the cumulative survey responses of more than 70 field members and using network science, this report:

• Provides a baseline analysis of the field’s relationships, including a visual network map; 
• Indexes the pop culture for social change field’s current and desired areas of expertise and collaboration; and 
• Offers a high-level look at the field’s collective accomplishments to date. 

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