Pop Culture Association

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the international society, and magazine of Communication and Media students of Pécs.

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From Colombia to the Bridgerton residence – Different perspectives on the Department Days

Sára Dani, Barnabás Hofecker, Luca Jáger, Dorka Szabó, Fanni Szabó, Marco Seybold, Bence Varga

2025. April 16.

April set off with an unusual amount of enthusiastic vibrancy in the air around our department, as the semester that had been crawling ever so slowly had suddenly taken up a brisk pace, which meant that suddenly, deadlines and exams got dangerously close. But before the inevitable, we had one more important event to partake in, with programmes made just for us to enjoy: the long-awaited Department Days!

Event recap: Communication and Media Major Day in the Spring Semester

Sára Dani

2025. April 10.

Major Day. This event takes place every semester, so twice in an academic year; it’s an official program sponsored and created by the Student Government.

Back to our Roots: Experiencing Pszieszta 2025

Gyuris Bende Ármin

2025. April 1.

Üdvözlünk, welcome, herzlich, wilkommen, Bienvenue… greets the Pszieszta –short for Psychology Days of Pécs – webpage all who would like to be informed on the current programs of the association Psychology students of the University of Pécs.

To promote critical thinking - Interview with Leali Osmančević

Fanni Szabó, Bende Ármin Gyuris

2025. March 25.

In the snowy mid-March, a kind young media researcher and professor from the Catholic University of Croatia visited our department to give guest lectures and workshops for the different years of our English language programme and we had the pleasure of meeting her for a chat.

Lost Focus in the Digital Era: Navigating the Age of Distraction

Misheel Zolzaya

2025. March 18.

In the 21st century, the digital revolution has transformed the way we live, work, and communicate. With smartphones, social media, and endless streams of information at our fingertips, the world has never been more connected.

Where The Robots Grow: The right idea, the wrong execution

Dorka Szabó

2025. March 11.

With audiences being loud and clear on their opinion on companies using AI, directing the first ever AI Feature Film could be a controversial move by someone seemingly hoping to stay in the filmmaking business.

A tale on perseverance and love – A spoiler free review of Netflix’s Transatlantic

Bende Ármin Gyuris

2025. March 4.

Ambition and vision often envelopes. As art forms itself, even through the hardships of a broken state and consuming social circumstances, the gifted might be forced to choose: let the dread form the mind, or let the mind encapsulate the dreadful consequences of perseverance.

Twin Peaks Day will never be the same anymore - Remembering David Lynch

Fanni Szabó

2025. February 24.

February 24th counts for this reason as the international Twin Peaks Day. A nice occasion to think about all the questions this absurd, surreal, dark, yet in some way wholesome and cosy story raises, and of course first of all to remember the great artist David Lynch who has sadly left our world this January, leaving us with the hope that now he is in a better place accompanied by a "damn fine cup of coffee".

“Professional yet playful” – an atmospheric view of the Made in Pécs Festival 2025

Bende Ármin Gyuris, Fanni Szabó

2025. January 10.

The Made in Pécs Festival has premiered in 2016, guaranteeing a slice of excitement, and carefree enjoyment of the local bands to bystanders, enthusiasts and hard-core fans alike. Since then, the festival got larger, greater and more accessible than ever, with locations ranging from old-timer pubs to the top-hit nightclubs, even having an outdoor stage.