Doporučená literatura:  

• Adorno, Theodor Wiesengrund: On Popular Music.
• Frith, Simon: Performing Rites.
• Frith, Simon: Popular Music: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies.
• Middleton, Richard: Studying Popular Music.
• Shuker, Roy: Popular Music: The Key Concepts.
• Washburne, Christopher: Bad Music: The Music We Love to Hate
• Thompson, Stacy: Punk Production: Unfinished business
• Bennett, Tony: Rock and Popular Music: Politics, Policies, Instruments

Text pro povinný referát k tematicky zaměřené eseji:

Roy Shuker: 'What's Goin' On?' Popular Culture, popular music, and media literacy. (Viz IS). In: Understanding Popular Music.