http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/fandom Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Fri, 22 May 2026 11:46:02 -0400 Fri, 22 May 2026 11:46:02 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/633/the-lost-soundtrack-an-analysis By Danielle D. Ayer - This understanding includes the ways in which popular culture and societal structures affect characters both individually and as a group. Continually, this heightened understanding compels viewers to become better viewers by becoming active or more involved in the process. Furthermore, music also acts as a medium that binds all of the characters to each other, and in turn the viewers as well—music and performance are key elements that make up the fabric of popular culture, and our continual understanding and reference to it only makes viewing more active through the process of cultural communication... Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:49 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/633/the-lost-soundtrack-an-analysis http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/570/dexter-democracy-and-nietzsche-puzzling-through-the-deep-end-of-americas-tv-obsession By Maxwell G. Mensinger - Within the milieu of American television, the vigilante serial killer, Dexter, stands alone with one of the largest audiences. Why should a violent antihero, who stalks and kills other serial killers, be so appealing to Americans with a democratic, law-abiding background? Does this suggest a growing lack of confidence in the American justice system? Or does it provide cathartic satisfactions of dark, deep-seated urges muffled by democratic laws? Specifically, what characterizes this disciplined vigilante, and what motivates him to kill? More importantly, do antihero extraordinaires like Dexter... Tue, 06 Sep 2011 08:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/570/dexter-democracy-and-nietzsche-puzzling-through-the-deep-end-of-americas-tv-obsession