From jitterbugging to ""Big Brother"", from the introduction of television to the rise of file-sharing, this book explores the ways popular culture has developed and changed in Australia. It provides an integrated account of changes in a range of popular culture forms, meanings, production and consumption.

In order to understand the massive social and cultural changes that took place in Australia since the end of World War II, Michelle Arrow examines popular culture through three main lenses: consumerism and the development of a mass consumer society; the impact of technological change; and the ways that popular culture contributes to, and articulates, individual and collective identities. She provides an integrated account of changes in a range of popular culture forms, meanings, production and consumption.