This blog post contains my presentation at MPCA/ACA 2019 from our panel on mental health and fandom. This presentation is the first step in a deeper analysis…… Read more “Trauma and Fractured Fandom”
Tag: Sense-Making Methodology
Work In Progress: Applying SMM to Fan Studies
This draft comes from a presentation given at the 2018 MPCA/ACA conference in Indianapolis. Introduction Communication scholar Brenda Dervin created the Sense-Making Methodology as a methodological approach…… Read more “Work In Progress: Applying SMM to Fan Studies”
Being Methodological in Audience Studies: Applying Brenda Dervin’s Sense-Making Methodology
I’ve shared in previous posts (here and here) thoughts from my PhD candidacy exam. In this post, I share my thoughts on being methodological when it comes…… Read more “Being Methodological in Audience Studies: Applying Brenda Dervin’s Sense-Making Methodology”
Defining Fandom as Repeatedly Returning
I presented this idea, based on previous work, at the MPCA/ACA conference of October 2018. I present it here for us to have a conversation about what…… Read more “Defining Fandom as Repeatedly Returning”
Reviewing the Virtual Worlds Entertainment Study
These thoughts were produced at the end of my time on this project, in May of 2012, for the Virtual Worlds Research Group at Roskilde University. These…… Read more “Reviewing the Virtual Worlds Entertainment Study”
Sense-Making and Avatars Research Proposal
This post contains a research proposal I wrote in 2008 for a project to involve virtual worlds that I never completed. This proposal would be changed to…… Read more “Sense-Making and Avatars Research Proposal”
Fandom as Repeatedly Returning to What Matters Most
Being a fan can mean many different things to many different people. It may mean a person likes to collect memorabilia for a favorite sports team. It…… Read more “Fandom as Repeatedly Returning to What Matters Most”
Metaphors for making sense of virtual worlds
The following paper comes from a presentation given at ECREA in 2010 and at NCA in 2011 (the version of which can be found here on the…… Read more “Metaphors for making sense of virtual worlds”
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…… Read more “Women self-identifying as digital game addicts: Their interpretations of power”
My Philosophy of Media Reception Studies
Along with my thoughts on the encoding-decoding-recoding model, what follows comes from my dissertation on gendered media engagings and describes how I consider the fundamental elements of…… Read more “My Philosophy of Media Reception Studies”
