Author: CarrieLynn D. Reinhard
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Fandom Scale
The following is the most recent version of the Likert items used to measure external and internal fandom behaviors. This scale was developed from the following sources for use by the Politics, Religion, and Fandom Research Group (https://twitter.com/PoliReliFandom): Chadborn, D., Edwards, P., & Reysen, S. (2017). Displaying fan identity to make friends. Intensities: The Journal…
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Overlapping Political, Religious, and Fandom Attitudes
This blog post represents an initial reporting on the results of first wave of studies done for this project: This initial report was given at the Fan Studies Network – North America 2023 conference; the poster for which can be found at: https://prezi.com/p/edit/szivhpzzf9b_/ You can follow this blog or our research group’s Twitter account for…
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Fandom as Attitude
Applying Fan Studies Beyond Popular Culture I wrote this essay for a book proposal that was rejected. I plan to continue to expand this idea, but I wanted to share what I wrote in case it will help others. While increasingly common in everyday conversations, people utilize the term “fandom” for different purposes. One understanding…
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On Kayfabe, Reality, and Truth
Presented April 12, 2023, to Mercy College. What do true crime, paranormal studies, and professional wrestling all have in common? Likely many things, but I what I want to focus on is something that I have been contemplating for over 20 years now. All exemplify the co-construction of reality as people make sense of the…
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Overlapping Fandom, Political, and Religious Attitudes
My name is CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, Ph.D. and I am a Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences at Dominican University. I am conducting a research project as part of a larger study on the overlaps between fandoms, politics, and religions. I am requesting your voluntary participation in my study surveying people’s political and religious beliefs…
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Marriage Around the World
An undergraduate paper from my cultural psychology class — how much have times changed in the two decades since? In 1999, Davila et al. examined the changes in attachment which are thought to occur in American married couples after the “newlywed phase.” They tested several theories to see how attachment style can change as people…
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A Manifesto for 21st Century Higher Education
Looking over alum surveys for my school, thinking about what the future of higher education is, and am finding that both undergraduate (UG) and graduate (G) alums seem to want the same types of knowledges and skills, just in more and more specific contexts that aid their careers. I did a quick and dirty content…
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Investigation into the Mass Media: Then and Then Again
I love finding old papers I wrote. They help me understand where I came from and show the process of becoming a scholar — or whatever I want to call myself these days. I think we need more established scholars sharing these types of reflections on their processes, so finding old papers is a way…
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Professional Wrestling Fanfiction from an EDR Perspective
I have been working on this project for a couple years now (as seen here, here, and here). I’m not sure if it will ever get to the point to be truly publishable, and I don’t really need it “published” in the traditional academic sense. So, I’m just going to continue sharing my thoughts on…
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Media Engaging(s): Or, How I Learned To Be Both/And in an Either/Or Discipline
This essay contains an early draft of what I ultimately wrote for the Participations special issue on “media engagement” as a concept in audience studies. This essay contains some good ideas that were no where near ready for publishing. I may also not have the time to come back to them, as I have been…
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