Monday, November 21, 2011

Researching the Twilight phenomenon – Wednesday, November 30th

What have you learned about Twilight fans from your research?  What light does it shed on the Twilight phenomenon? 

Thursday, November 3, 2011

The lack of diversity in supernatural media – Wednesday, November 9th

If you think about the books, movies, and shows we’ve talked about this semester, there is very little diversity.  There have been very few minority characters featured as leads in supernatural media.  There is a bit more diversity when it comes to supporting characters, but even there some of the characters have fallen into racial and ethnic stereotypes.  Why do you think there is such a lack of diversity in vampire-centric and supernatural themed media?  What do you think of the few representations of diversity that do exist in these books, movies, and shows?