Iranian Association of Cultural Studies & Communication Cultural Studies & Communication 2008-5575 2 5 2006 05 22 Popular Culture & Popular City, Tehran: Local – Global City Popular Culture & Popular City, Tehran: Local – Global City 13 50 44563 FA Seyed Reza Aameli Tehran university 0000-0002-3724-4362 Journal Article 2020 08 26 City can be subject of love and hate. Particular elements of the city can be subject for popularity and dispopularity as well. In this paper my main attempt is to apply the concept of popular culture to the city and examine the popular elements of the city of Tehran through examination of peoples’ love and hate in relation to the city of Tehran. This paper will first discuss the concept of popular culture and its relationship with elitism and symbolic power then from this perspective idea of respondents to the question about popularity and dispopularity of Tehran together with question about symbol power will be the core of the discussion in this paper. The result of qualitative research based on 120 comments of the respondents to popular/dispopular aspects as well as symbol of Tehran is major source for cultural approach to the city of Tehran. This research carried out on the neutral space of weblog which gives opportunity to receive the profound and reliable answers. City can be subject of love and hate. Particular elements of the city can be subject for popularity and dispopularity as well. In this paper my main attempt is to apply the concept of popular culture to the city and examine the popular elements of the city of Tehran through examination of peoples’ love and hate in relation to the city of Tehran. This paper will first discuss the concept of popular culture and its relationship with elitism and symbolic power then from this perspective idea of respondents to the question about popularity and dispopularity of Tehran together with question about symbol power will be the core of the discussion in this paper. The result of qualitative research based on 120 comments of the respondents to popular/dispopular aspects as well as symbol of Tehran is major source for cultural approach to the city of Tehran. This research carried out on the neutral space of weblog which gives opportunity to receive the profound and reliable answers.