Tag: inspiration

• Media Personality Identifications and the Importance of Media Representation

  

  The first research study I did in graduate school was on why people identified with individuals they only knew from the media. It would become my first ICA conference presentation — before PowerPoints were common! I first interviewed people to understand who they were identifying with and why they were doing so. Based on those […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  November 17, 2018

  Audience/Reception Studies

  diversity, Identification, inspiration, media diversity, media representation, representation, role models, similarity identification, social justice, wishfulness identification

• Pop Culture Lens on Hello Kitty

  

  In the thirty-third episode of The Pop Culture Lens podcast, Christopher Olson (Seems Obvious to Me) and I welcome friend of the podcast Norma Jones to discuss the venerable pop culture brand that is Hello Kitty. In this episode, Norma and I position Hello Kitty not only as a pop icon but as a heroic […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  January 4, 2017

  Anime/Manga, Audience/Reception Studies, Fandom, Text Analysis

  communication, dialogue, empowerment, Feminism, Hello Kitty, heroes, Identification, inspiration, Japan, Japanese, kawaii, multiculturalism, omoiyari, perspective-taking, pluralism, Sanrio