Popular Culture Review 30.2 • Summer 2019 From the Editor ’ s Desk
The forecast is 105 plus degrees in Paris today , and 112 in Las Vegas . Global warming and summer are here , and it ’ s time for the latest issue of Popular Culture Review . While we won ’ t claim to cool you off , we will try to take your mind off the heat .
This issue is rich with diversity . In “ Dating in the Digital Age : A Research Experiment ,” Marci Mazzarotto explores some of the ways in which human relationships and communication are impacted by technology , with emphasis on the popular culture phenomenon of app-based dating . In turn , Keith Moser asks “ Has True Romance Disappeared in Consumer Society ?” in his Morinian and Baudrillarian reflections on the “ acute crisis of simulation .”
Debra Jenson moves us inside Comic Con , focusing on the participation of marginalized groups and what impact they can have in “ Space at the Con : Conversations About Representations in Popular Culture at Comic Conventions .”
Alana Seaman focuses on the often poor understanding of authors who are the subjects of literary tourism in “ What ’ s lit got to do with it ? Deconstructing the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site .” Colby Miyose ’ s analysis of the Disney film Moana focuses on “ the connection between nature and culture , and the possible consequences of severing this relationship .” vii
In “ I am Trying Hard to Follow the Sound : Meditations on Accepting Typhoon ’ s Offerings ,” H . Peter Steeves proclaims the work a masterpiece and traces the conceptual themes at work in the music and lyrics . In fiction , popular song lyrdoi : 10.18278 / pcr . 30.2.1