Senior Lecturer @Cardiff JOMEC. Co-Investigator of media.cymru media tourism research. Co-editor of Popular Communication journal. Ask me about #Pokemon #JurassicPark and #Dinosaurs More information at: https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/garnerrp1https://bsky.app/profile/drrossgarner.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrossgarner.bsky.social/post/3mczmsx5q3k2qAcademic followers, can anyone help me, please? I'm looking for an accessible reading for undergrads about the differences between 'NoCal' and 'SoCal' media organizations/economics. I know Ive read something somewhere but can't remember where it is. Thanks in advance!22 Jan 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:bd63lvtv62e7qt7mxvnqcbwa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mczmsx5q3k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrossgarner.bsky.social/post/3m5y3icyafk2wBooked in for the second day of the @nhm-london.bsky.social #Pokemon event (surprise surprise that Day 1 tickets were gone). Just hoping that its not a) overrun with scalper gangs, b) stock purchases are limited to 1 or 2 items per person, and c) there's stock left when I get there.19 Nov 2025 10:51 +0000at://did:plc:bd63lvtv62e7qt7mxvnqcbwa/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5y3icyafk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/drrossgarner.bsky.social/post/3m5ebc7o7tc2kAnyone else getting these ideas at the moment? "Dear BBC, you have until Sunday or I want... one billion dollars!" https://media.tenor.com/IDDhiJAOhwcAAAAC/80m-increased-revenue-%26-redeploy-3-fte.gif?hh=336&ww=49811 Nov 2025 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:bd63lvtv62e7qt7mxvnqcbwa/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ebc7o7tc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/drrossgarner.bsky.social/post/3lzg2pik5cc2sThe collaboration between @nhm-london.bsky.social and Pokemon sounds great, but I hope the museum is prepared and has policies in place to stop scalper gangs (e.g., regulating access, limiting number of purchases of individual items, maintaining stock). Otherwise, it'll all end up on eBay. #Pokemon22 Sep 2025 09:08 +0000at://did:plc:bd63lvtv62e7qt7mxvnqcbwa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzg2pik5cc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/drrossgarner.bsky.social/post/3lvlftqgf2c2lDelighted to have been invited on to BBC Radio Wales's Phone-In show hosted by Jason Mohammad to talk about the new Spider-Man film and location filming. You can listen here at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002gmyv. I'm on after about 90 minutes! #JOMECResearch04 Aug 2025 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:bd63lvtv62e7qt7mxvnqcbwa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvlftqgf2c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrossgarner.bsky.social/post/3lun5blh6ps2sDoing a little market research: do you teach at a university where an edited collection about #Pokemon that approaches multiple aspects of the franchise, from industry to experiences to fan practices, may be useful? If so, can you give a heads up? Thanks in advance! https://media.tenor.com/Ct2uXqt9tuoAAAAC/boredmemes-notacult.gif?hh=364&ww=32023 Jul 2025 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:bd63lvtv62e7qt7mxvnqcbwa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lun5blh6ps2shttps://bsky.app/profile/drrossgarner.bsky.social/post/3lun5blh6ps2sDoing a little market research: do you teach at a university where an edited collection about #Pokemon that approaches multiple aspects of the franchise, from industry to experiences to fan practices, may be useful? If so, can you give a heads up? Thanks in advance! https://media.tenor.com/Ct2uXqt9tuoAAAAC/boredmemes-notacult.gif?hh=364&ww=32023 Jul 2025 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:bd63lvtv62e7qt7mxvnqcbwa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lun5blh6ps2shttps://bsky.app/profile/drrossgarner.bsky.social/post/3lsrohpjmzc2zEarlier this academic year, my students recommended that I listen to Olivia Rodrigo. I'm very grateful Watching her headline Glastonbury is inspiring and important for so many reasons.29 Jun 2025 22:05 +0000at://did:plc:bd63lvtv62e7qt7mxvnqcbwa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsrohpjmzc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrossgarner.bsky.social/post/3lslxwaszqs27Thanks to the BBC, Im aboe to sit in my office and work whilst listening to Wet Leg's Glastonbury set. They sound amazing, and the scream part of 'Ur Mum' gave me goosebumps.27 Jun 2025 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:bd63lvtv62e7qt7mxvnqcbwa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lslxwaszqs27https://bsky.app/profile/drrossgarner.bsky.social/post/3lrxwditdck2cI genuinely find the number of young people going to the Chris Brown concert upsetting. The guy's an abuser and misogynist, and yet 1000s of people are giving him their money and attention.19 Jun 2025 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:bd63lvtv62e7qt7mxvnqcbwa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrxwditdck2chttps://bsky.app/profile/drrossgarner.bsky.social/post/3lqevp52yqc2rI feel like my journey into work has seen me crossover into Silent Hill: first, there was a woman on the train loudly declaring that she was a teacher, only to then name Africa as a country. Then, there's a guy stood outside the station with a PA singing the theme from 'Only Fools and Horses'.30 May 2025 09:19 +0000at://did:plc:bd63lvtv62e7qt7mxvnqcbwa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqevp52yqc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrossgarner.bsky.social/post/3lqcsnuoark26I really should write something about the new 'Walking with Dinosaurs'. In fact, I should write something about the entire franchise...29 May 2025 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:bd63lvtv62e7qt7mxvnqcbwa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqcsnuoark26https://bsky.app/profile/drrossgarner.bsky.social/post/3lpjfajm4bs2jThe latest episode of #DoctorWho has got me singing 'Dugga Doo' on repeat. I want tees, plushies, a vinyl release of the song, as well as an episode set on the creatures home planet.19 May 2025 10:43 +0000at://did:plc:bd63lvtv62e7qt7mxvnqcbwa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpjfajm4bs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrossgarner.bsky.social/post/3lotj5ung222hBest episode of #DoctorWho since we found out that Daleks don't store stuff. Brilliant. More of that and those characters, please.10 May 2025 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:bd63lvtv62e7qt7mxvnqcbwa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lotj5ung222hhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrossgarner.bsky.social/post/3lk4lya5c722jI've got a chapter in this that uses autoethnography to explore the boundaries between collecting and curating in aca-fan practice. Also, dinosaurs! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Mar 2025 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:bd63lvtv62e7qt7mxvnqcbwa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk4lya5c722jhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrossgarner.bsky.social/post/3lif7audfic2cI'd really forgotten how much my OCD slows down my writing: the endless checking of notes and quotes, of ordering them in a way that seems logical, then re-reading the pages and pages of notes for what's relevant (and the self-doubt that comes with that). It's exhausting.17 Feb 2025 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:bd63lvtv62e7qt7mxvnqcbwa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lif7audfic2chttps://bsky.app/profile/drrossgarner.bsky.social/post/3lid2o2spj22vSeeing David Lynch coming up in the 'In Remembrance' section of the #BAFTA Awards has set me off again. I can't believe he's gone.16 Feb 2025 20:21 +0000at://did:plc:bd63lvtv62e7qt7mxvnqcbwa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lid2o2spj22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrossgarner.bsky.social/post/3lhel7y4swc2oFor the first time since early October, I actually managed to sit down and write something research-based. It was a very enjoyable experience.04 Feb 2025 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:bd63lvtv62e7qt7mxvnqcbwa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhel7y4swc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/drrossgarner.bsky.social/post/3lfv32vi3n222I don't have many heroes, but David Lynch was one of them. Thank you for looking into the darkest areas of the human mind and finding the horror, beauty, and absurdity that lies there. May you rest in a place both beautiful and strange.16 Jan 2025 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:bd63lvtv62e7qt7mxvnqcbwa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfv32vi3n222https://bsky.app/profile/drrossgarner.bsky.social/post/3lffszyi4gk2wWe all know that celebrity culture in the era of social media is a strange thing. However, witnessing the person who voiced your favourite Disney princess deal with the destruction of her family home as a result of the California fires is very troubling.10 Jan 2025 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:bd63lvtv62e7qt7mxvnqcbwa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lffszyi4gk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/drrossgarner.bsky.social/post/3lec2o73qqc2aAs a lifelong Doctor Who fan I feel that I must apologise for that awful, schmaltzy mess of an episode that was called the 2024 Christmas Special. It was truly dreadful.27 Dec 2024 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:bd63lvtv62e7qt7mxvnqcbwa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lec2o73qqc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/drrossgarner.bsky.social/post/3ldccou5z3k2uSo, I've seen #Wicked twice now, and I stand by stance that it's the best piece of mainstream Hollwyood cinema since 'Avengers: Endgame'.14 Dec 2024 22:06 +0000at://did:plc:bd63lvtv62e7qt7mxvnqcbwa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldccou5z3k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrossgarner.bsky.social/post/3lcczf243b22vEvery now and then I'll open the folder on my hard drive with ideas for research that I've never developed further. There's a great set of notes about a project on the Loch Ness monster that brings together my knowledge on the Mesozoic in pop culture with areas like media tourism.02 Dec 2024 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:bd63lvtv62e7qt7mxvnqcbwa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcczf243b22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrossgarner.bsky.social/post/3lbuccqb63c2oGot an email from a student taking our Popular Music module asking for a chat as she'd 'heard I was a Radiohead fan'. Talked to her for about an hour, lent her the 33 1/3 book on OK Computer for the assignment, and we talked for about an hour on the band's cultural significance.26 Nov 2024 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:bd63lvtv62e7qt7mxvnqcbwa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbuccqb63c2o