Kyra Hunting
kohunting.bsky.social
Kyra Hunting
@kohunting.bsky.social
Associate Professor at UKY. Children's media scholar, also moonlighting in fandom. Mom of a neurodivergent elementary schooler and general chaser of joy.
Because the research itself is behind paywalls. What most people get is an oversimplified version of a possibly (I think likely) flawed study. readers walk away with a caricature of an industry already under attack with no solutions. Or they think it doesn't match their experience & distrust goes
July 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
how is it distributed? 6,600 over 60 years would be 110 per year. That would be very representative in 1960 and wouldn't even cover animated shows in 2018 on Disney Channel alone. If the channels arent well balanced it skews the whole finding based on our research. What counts ad being a "doer?"
July 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I am considering dropping one of my favorite assignments I have done for years, and students have used in interviews, based around decision making because while the work quality is the same/has improve the anxiety around it, negativity around it keeps rising.
January 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
my son made a hard and sudden turn from perry gripp to jazz at 6 and now criticizes the jazz I pick as "smooth jazz," and therefore bad, a charge I vehemently deny
November 20, 2024 at 2:19 PM