Tag: morality

• 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

• Women self-identifying as digital game addicts: Their interpretations of power

  

  [This paper comes from 2007 and was completed for a qualitative methodology course at Ohio State University under the amazing Patti Lather. She encouraged us to try different methods of communication research results; so I did a comic book, which you can see here.] What is digital game addiction? A number of approaches, theories, and […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  August 27, 2014

  Audience/Reception Studies, Digital Games

  addiction, addicts, Brenda Dervin, causes of addiction, Cognitive, computer games, Dance Dance Revolution, digital games, disempowerment, empowerment, flow of power, Foucault, gaming, morality, Patti Lather, physiological, power, Sense-Making Methodology, Snood, Super Mario Brothers, Super Mario Cart, Video games, women

• The Morality of Superheroes

  

  Previously I have discussed the definition of superheroes, the international nature of superheroes, and the ability to consider superheroes from different legends and religions.  In this post I share my thoughts on the ethical and moral nature of superheroes, on how we could consider them to be role models for our modern lives.  The further […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  November 30, 2013

  Comics Studies, Superheroes

  Ant-Man, Batman, Black Canary, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Cyborg, DC Comics, Enlightenment, ethics, Fantastic Four, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Iron Man, Marvel Comics, morality, Plastic Man, Red Tornado, role models, Spider-Man, Superheroes, Superman, The Avengers, The Flash, The Hulk, Thor, Vision, Wonder Woman, X-Men

• 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