Tag: equality

• In Defense of Fans via Fractured Fandom

  

  In defense of fans and fandom, I want to make clear that I would not argue that fractured fandom happens all the time or involves a majority of the population of any particular fandom. What I would say about fractured fandom is that it reflects a larger social and cultural issue, in the United States […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  September 9, 2014

  Audience/Reception Studies, Fandom

  agency, Audience, communication, dialogue, equality, Fandom, fans, fractured fandom, honor, listening, Respect

• Equality Studies: A Call to Action

  I respect the work that has been done by critical scholars to point out the ways in which people have been created/oppressed by the social/cultural conditions into which they were born.   However, much work in qualitative studies remains focused on how such conditions creates differences in how people see themselves and each other; in […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  March 9, 2011

  Audience/Reception Studies, Uncategorized

  critical studies, equality, gender studies, media use and effects, Psychology, sociodemographics