Tag: empathy

• The Grinch and the War on Christmas

  

  I really liked doing this episode of The Pop Culture Lens podcast. I loved it because we got to talk about the secular nature of Christmas in the United States, and why that shouldn’t be seen as a bad thing that we have to — almost literally — go to war over. For the fifty-fourth […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  December 20, 2019

  Critical/Cultural Studies, Television Studies

  Christianity, Christmas, Christmas specials, commercialization, consequentialism, Dr. Seuss, empathy, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, morality, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, secular morality, secularization, War on Christmas

• The Pop Culture Lens on Fraggle Rock

  

  In a first, the forty-seventh episode of The Pop Culture Lens podcast finds friend of the podcast Greg Clark joining Christopher Olson and I to discuss the Jim Henson television show, Fraggle Rock. In this episode, we discuss the transnational and transcultural nature of the series that sought to create something universally human with nonhuman […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  March 19, 2019

  Critical/Cultural Studies, Television Studies, Text Analysis

  diversity, educational television, edutainment, empathic literacy, empathy, Fraggle Rock, HBO, Henson Studios, inclusitivity, Jim Henson, literacy, multiculturalism, plurality, Sesame Street, social literacy, Transcultural, transnational

• 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