Cynthia Vinney

Publications​

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Book Chapters

• Vinney, C., & Wiley-Rapoport, C. (2016). "Look at the Flowers": Female Evolution in the Face of the Zombie Hordes of The Walking Dead. In B. Brodman & J. E. Doan (Eds.), The Supernatural Revamped: From Timeworn Legends to Twenty-First-Century Chic (pp.207-218). Lanham, MD: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.

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Journal Articles

• Vinney, C., Dill-Shackleford, K. E., Plante, C. N., & Bartsch, A. (in press). Development and Validation of a Measure of Popular Media Fan Identity and Its Relationship to Well-Being. Psychology of Popular Media Culture.

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• Vinney, C., & Dill-Shackleford, K. E. (2018). Fan Fiction as a Vehicle for Meaning Making: Eudaimonic Appreciation, Hedonic Enjoyment, and Other Perspectives on Fan Engagement with Television. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 7(1), 18-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000106

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• Vinney, C., & Vinney, L. (2017). That Sounds Familiar: The Relationship Between Listeners' Recognition of Celebrity Voices, Perceptions of Vocal Pleasantness, and Engagement with Media. Journal of Radio and Audio Media, 24(2), 320-338. doi: 10.1080/19376529.2017.1346659

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• Dill-Shackleford, K. E., Vinney, C., & Hopper-Losenicky, K. (2016). Connecting the Dots Between Fantasy and Reality: The Social Psychology of our Engagement with Fictional Narrative and its Functional Value. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 10(11), 634-646. doi: 10.1111/spc3.12274​

 

• Dill-Shackleford, K. E., Hopper-Losenicky, K., Vinney, C., Swain, L., & Hogg, J. L. (2015). Mad Men Fans Speak via Social Media: What Fan Voices Reveal About the Social Construction of Reality via Dramatic Fiction. Journal of Fandom Studies, 3(2), 153-170. doi: 10.1386/jfs.3.2.151_1

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• Vinney, C. (2012). Gay Adolescent Development and the It Gets Better Project: Instilling Hope Through a New Media Campaign. Media Psychology Review, 4(4).

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Dissertation

• Vinney, C. (2016). Personal Pop Culture: An Exploration of Fans’ Eudaimonic Responses to Favorite Television. 

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Presentations

• Vinney, C., Couvillion, M. A., Dill-Shackleford, K. E., Greenwood, D. N., Sadeghi-Azar, L., & Clifton, A. D. (2018, May). Making a connection: Popular media fans, favorite television, and well-being. Poster presented at the Association of Psychological Science Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.

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• Greenwood, D. N., Dill-Shackleford, K. E., Clifton, A. D. Vinney, C., Sadeghi-Azar, L., & Couvillion, M. A. (2018, May). When sexism trumps fandom: Hostile sexism and social dominance predict negative reactions to Doctor Who’s first female Doctor. Poster presented at the Association of Psychological Science Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.

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• Dill-Shackleford, K. E., Vinney, C., Greenwood, D. N., & Couvillion, M. A. (2018, May). Popular culture media fans as a population for the study of long-term narrative effects. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Narrative Pre-conference, Prague, Czech Republic.

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• Vinney, C., & Hopper-Losenicky, K. (2017, April). More Than Escapism: How Popular Media Helps Fans Learn, Cope, and Live. Paper presented at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.

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• Rutledge, P., Hoefs, L. Vinney, C., James, J., & Hogg, J. L. (2016, October). The Psychology of Audience Engagement: Film/TV, AR, VR, and Real Time Media - Balancing Fan Desires and Producer Vision in the Age of Entitlement. Invited Panel at Digital Hollywood, Fall, Los Angeles, CA.

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• Vinney, C., & Hopper-Losenicky, K. (2016, March). Monsters and Metaphor: How Fans Derive Meaning from Science Fiction and Fantasy Television. Paper presented at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.

 

• Vinney, C., Hopper-Losenicky, K., & Dill-Shackleford, K. E. (2015, October). Meaningful Media Lessons: How Adolescents Learn and Develop Through Interactions with Media. Poster presented at the 2015 Digital Media and Developing Minds Conference, Irvine, CA.

 

• Vinney, C., & Vinney, L. (2015, August). The Effect of Familiarity on Perceptions of and Parasocial Interactions with Media Voices. Poster presented at the 2015 American Psychological Association Convention, Toronto, Canada.

 

• Hopper-Losenicky, K., & Vinney, C. (2015, April). Fan Influence and the Drive for Media Production. Paper presented at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.

 

• Osuna, B. L., Rose, R., & Vinney, C. (2014, August). Webcrawling, Data Mining, Quantitative Content Analysis, and Cluster Analysis, Oh My! Understanding Supernatural Horror Fandom. Poster presented at the 2014 Joint Statistical Meetings, Boston, MA.

 

• Hopper-Losenicky, K., Swain, L., Vinney, C., & Dill-Shackleford, K. E. (2014, April). Mothers of Mad Men: A Content Analysis of Online Fan Commentary. Paper presented at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

 

• ​Osuna, B. L., Vinney, C., & Rose, R. (2012, August). Interview with the Vampire Researcher: An Adventure in Applied Statistics. Paper presented at the 2012 Joint Statistical Meetings, San Diego, CA.