Tag: DC

• The Pop Culture Lens: Episode on the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Fandom

  

  On a special episode of The Pop Culture Lens podcast, Christopher Olson and I discuss a subject that has been one we have debated numerous times in our private lives and has become one that I have been focusing on as a research project: fandom, is it good or bad? We begin the conversation with […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  May 15, 2015

  Audience/Reception Studies, Fandom, Internet Studies

  “television-as-content”, C2E2, Chip Zdarsky, comic industry, Comics, culture wars, Dark Horse, DC, fan art, fan communities, fan fiction, fan studies, Fandom, fans, fractured fandom, GamerGate, identity, Image, insularity, Marvel Comics, MCU, Other Space, Paul Feig, Sad Puppies, Sex Criminals, Valiant, walled gardens

• Categorizing Fractured Fandom

  

  Defining Fractured Fandom According to the discipline of fan studies, at this point in history, being a fan is considered a positive for any individual. Being a fan helps people discover their identities, and to determine what they like and do not like. Being a fan helps people find friends, establish communities, and develop a […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  January 12, 2015

  Anime/Manga, Audience/Reception Studies, Comics Studies, Communication Studies, Critical/Cultural Studies, Digital Games, Fandom, Internet Studies

  antifans, anxiety, Avril Lavigne, blackface, bronies, canon, cosplay, creativity, cultural appropriation, DC, dialogue, Discourse, diversity, echo chambers, emasculation, empathy, fake geek girls, fanatics, fanboys, Fandom, fanon, fans, filter bubbles, fractured fandom, furries, GamerGate, gender, gender appropriateness, Gwen Stefani, hate-watching, hooligans, identity, ideology, insecurity, insularity, Julianne Hough, Katy Perry, legitimacy, love, Marvel, otaku, perspective-taking, privilege, producers, racism, reactionary, Respect, rivalries, Rule 34, sexism, sexualization, Shipping, Slash, snarking, sports, Star Trek, Star Wars, stereotypes, trolling, Twihards, Virtual Reality, yellowface

• What is a Superhero, Anyway?

  

  On November 6th, I will be part of a panel on superheroes, morality and the modern world at Dominican University.  As a lead up to that event, I thought I rerun a series of articles that first appeared on Clearance Bin Review and that would delve into a topic that is at the heart of […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  October 15, 2013

  Audience/Reception Studies, Comics Studies, Superheroes

  Dark Horse, DC, definition, Hellboy, Mandrake the Magician, Marvel, morality, Nite Owl, Peter Coogan, Robin Hood, Superheroes, Superman, supervillains, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Incredibles, The Phantom, The Shadow, The Tick, Underdog, Zorro