Editing Massimo Introvigne (section)

== Personal life ==
Introvigne is a [[Roman Catholic]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Introvigne |first=Massimo |date=2021-03-20 |title=The Ghent Jehovah's Witness Decision: Dangerous for All Religions |url=https://bitterwinter.org/the-ghent-jehovahs-witness-decision-dangerous-for-all-religions |access-date=2021-03-20 |magazine=[[Bitter Winter]] |language=en}}</ref> Introvigne is also director of CESPOC, the Center for the Study of Popular Culture.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=CESPOC - Center for Studies on Popular Culture - Centro Studi sulla Popular Culture |url=http://www.popularculture.it |access-date=2018-10-05 |website=CESPOC |language=it}}</ref><ref name="Chryssides20122" /> He was the Italian director of the Transylvanian Society of Dracula, which included the leading academic scholars in the field of the literary and historical study of [[vampire]] myth.<ref name="Bidwell1997">{{Cite news |last=Bidwell |first=Carol |date=1997-07-23 |title=Coffin Break To Vampires Everywhere, Fangs For The Memories |work=[[Los Angeles Daily News]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Transylvania Society of Dracula: American and Canadian Chapters |url=http://www.afn.org/~vampires/tsd.html |access-date=2007-01-04 |website=Vampire Junction |language=en}}</ref> In 1997, [[J. Gordon Melton]] and Introvigne organized an event at the Westin Hotel in Los Angeles where 1,500 attendees came dressed as [[vampire]]s for a "creative writing contest, Gothic rock music and theatrical performances".<ref name="Bidwell1997" />