MAPACA

Mid-Atlantic Popular &
American Culture Association

Presentations

• Pitchfork Media: Music Journalism, Opinion Leaders, and “the Pravda of Indie Rock”
  Jordan M. McClain (Independent scholar)
• Lil B’s New Sincerity: A Look How Lil B Uses His Mercurial Persona to Spread His “Based” Philosophy
  Dale Anderson
• Spotify: On Demand Digital Music Streaming
  Mary Beth Ray (Plymouth State University)
• Snapchat
  Meghann Ryan-Posthumus (Fielding Graduate University)
• Branding, Place And Identity
  Nick Baxter-Moore (Brock University)
• Breaking Bad, Ugly Stereotypes, and What Happens to Racist Depictions of Latinos When All the Characters Speak Spanish
  Katrina Flener (Independent scholar)
• Damned to Eternity: Disabling Immortalities in American Horror Story: Coven
  Samuel Yates (undefined)
• Let’s Hear It for the Old Guy: The Recent Rise of Sexagenarian Action Heroes
  Gary Earl Ross (State University at Buffalo)
• Everyone Really IS a Critic: Honest Trailers and Fan-Produced Movie Deconstructions
  Thomas Grochowski (St. Joseph's University, New York)
• What’s in a Name: Comics Vs Graphic Novels
  Keegan Lannon