Come and join me in guest editing a special issue on Global Disney Fandom #FanStudies #DisneyStudies

If we relaunched The Pop Culture Lens podcast, 1) what would you like us to cover and 2) would you like to be a guest? Past episodes playingwithresearch.com/pop-culture-... #AcademicSky @pcaaca.bsky.social @scmstudies.bsky.social @icahdq.bsky.social @aoir.bsky.social @fanstudies.bsky.social

Would love to hear @iheartfatapollo.bsky.social @melstanfill.bsky.social and other @fanstudies.bsky.social scholars weigh in on this coverage of HR fandom. www.wired.com/story/the-he...

New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Lewis, Hannah and Suzanne Scott. "Sports Fandom, Media History, and the Shifting Cultural Understanding of "The Eyes of Texas"." JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, vol. 65 no. 2, 2025, p. 115-136. Project MUSE #FanStudies dx.doi.org/10.1353/cj.2....

Including an issue on Global Disney Fandom #FanStudies

Amazing to see a translation of the first academic article I ever published back in 2004 get translated & included in this collection! '"La seule chose qui compte, c’est le pouvoir": spoilers et hiérarchie fanique dans le fandom en ligne de Buffy contre les vampires' #FanStudies

New book ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Decolonizing Media Fandom: Disability, Race, and Marvel Superhero Fans Divya Garg #FanStudies uipress.uiowa.edu/books/decolo...

I will give a hybrid talk on my K-pop book on February 12, 18:30 EST at The Korea Society. Hope to see you there! For more info, please see: www.koreasociety.org/arts-culture...

Critical Studies in Australasian Journal of Popular Culture 14.2 is out now! Including ‘‘Fearless and https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/ajpc/14/2’: An affirmative crip reading of KPop Demon Hunters’ by Chloe T. Rattray. https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/ajpc/14/2

New article in Radical Creativities ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Interview with the Fan: a dialogue between myself as a fan and myself as a researcher Julia Neugarten #FanStudies www.radicalcreativities.com/post/intervi...

See you soon! 🙌🏻

Let's try this 2025 publication round-up one more time! SIG members: use this form to report any fan or audience studies pubs from 2025. We'll make a list of our collective accomplishments to share at SCMS. Deadline for submissions March 1. forms.gle/igLDtbu2Li6u...

Sam Langsdale’s book “Searching for Feminist Superheroes: Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Marvel Comics” won the Charles Hatfield Book Prize from the Comics Studies Society. While many books about representation catalog problematic elements, Langsdale searches for progressive alternatives. 1/8

I'm conducting a research study to learn more about video game players' attitudes toward generative AI. The survey will take approximately 10 minutes of your time. tinyurl.com/videogameAIs... #gaming #videogames #videogame

HBO's gay hockey romance series was a breakout hit—and it's already boosting sales for the sport, just in time for Milan's winter games. f-st.co/e6SGxAl

CFP: Besides the Screen Ningbo 2026: Audiences, Subjects & Agents University of Nottingham Ningbo China June 4-6, 2026 Deadline for submissions: March 1, 2026 besidesthescreen.com

Anyone in #AcademicSky interested in writing a micro-essay on the overlaps between fandom and politics during the current state of affairs in the United States? @fanstudies.bsky.social @scmsfaas.bsky.social @fsnnorthamerica.bsky.social @icahdq.bsky.social @pcaaca.bsky.social

New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Melton, J., & Karmelic, J. (2026). Reconsidering the “Exceptionally” Talented Middle-Aged Man: Fan Responses, Cancel Culture, and Authenticity in Mark Kozelek’s Late-Career Resurgence Jack Melton and Jeri Karmelic. Rock Music Studies, 1–18. #FanStudies doi.org/10.1080/1940...

New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Driessen, S., & Harder, S. K. (2026). #WeGotYou: examining the intersections of believability, cancel culture, and fandom (in a not-cancel case). Social Semiotics, 1–17. #FanStudies doi.org/10.1080/1035...

New article in Acta Psychologica ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Sense or sensibility? Exploring the motivations behind fandom nationalism expression in China #FanStudies www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

CFP: Monster Media Conference University of Edinburgh 18-19 June 2026 (abstracts due 15 March 2026) call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/...

Special Issue of Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds 'Video Games & Horror’ Abstract deadline: 1 April 2026 Full article draft deadline: 28 July 2026 www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-g...

🎉 THE BIG NEWS IS HERE 🎉 This spring, Fansplaining will relaunch as a full weekly publication, featuring reporting, analysis, criticism, personal essays, and much more, all under our longtime strapline: “By, for, and about fandom.” Check out our full announcement (in written and audio form):

Happy to see this article on virtual watch parties for films that were *in theaters* when COVID hit finally see the light of day in New Review of Film and TV Studies.

GOD a good piece about fic in a mainstream(ish) pub???? "How might we discuss fanfiction's influence on published fiction in a way that acknowledges that we get something out of fanfiction, and its related forms? Can we reach a healthier vision of the relationship between fiction and desire?"

Got a question about the new journal Creator and Influencer Studies? We have answers. As a friendly reminder, please do not DM me with submissions questions but email them to jessmaddox [at] uga [dot] edu

Thrilled to be guest editing an issue of @ijdisneystudies.bsky.social on Global Disney Fandom. Currently seeking co-editors to work on the issue so please check out the call below #FanStudies #DisneyStudies docs.google.com/document/u/0...

Next week!

New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Driessen, S. (2026). Invisible string(s): Exploring conspiratorial participatory practices among Swifties. Popular Communication, 1–19. doi.org/10.1080/1540...

Deadline TODAY! Remember to upload your adaptation pedagogical materials for our upcoming issue, Adaptation and Comics on Adaptation Today's website: adaptationtoday.com/resources/pe...

Deadline today ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Expanding fan studies and anime fan studies! First time coming across this journal! "Using mediated memory theory as a framework, this study focuses on anime nostalgia communities on Bilibili, examining their digital memory practices centered around the Digimon series." doi.org/10.1007/s406...

Femslash fans! We* need you! (*In case you're unfamiliar, The Rec Center is a weekly newsletter of fandom articles, fanart, and fic recs run by @elizabethminkel.bsky.social and @gavia.bsky.social. It has nothing to do with Fansplaining other than being made by our editor + frequent contributor. 😅)

A few days left to submit your 500-word abstract for the Trans-Asian Transcultural Fandom Symposium 🫰 Deadline 📆 Feb 1 Find out more ▶️ transasianfan.wordpress.com We welcome your submissions 🫶 #CallForPapers #CFP #Fandom #FanStudies #AcademicSky #TransculturalFandom

Studying Unmade, Unseen and Unreleased Film and Television by James Fenwick and Kieran Foster is out now. It serves as a foundational text for students and those new to this field of enquiry, as well as a key reference text for established researchers. 👉https://ow.ly/QxPT50Y09QF

Some Great Resources for Acafannish Work – Part 1: Journals rb.gy/uh5a60

*Gothic Studies: Call for Expressions of Interest in Editing a Special Issue* Gothic Studies is seeking expressions of interest in guest edited special issues for publication in volume 30, issues 2 and 3 (2028). www.facebook.com/gothicstudie...

i was interviewed for this piece about bad fan behavior around Heated Rivalry slate.com/culture/2026...

26 Feb 7pm EASTERN Dr. #IrinaLyan #Kpop #fandom “Waving a Korean Flag: Between #Hallyu, Fandom, and Nationalism” register for zoom: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

IT'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN DO-DO-DO-DOOOOO 🎶 Last chance to submit your application to join the FSNNA Organizing Committee! Applications close TOMORROW (Jan 31 2026)!! For more info & to apply-> 🔗 forms.gle/6WT5BXkNMHjM... #FanStudies #FandomStudies #MediaStudies

"The real question here isn’t why Heated Rivalry is a hit—it’s why this kind of romance series is so rare in the first place." The great @gavia.bsky.social returns to Fansplaining with an incisive piece on Heated Rivalry, romance publishing, and the TV industry. Read or listen to an audio version:

excited to see my article, "Waving the cancelling wand: Harry Potter fans and the cancellation of J.K. Rowling," with Guilherme Giolo and Simone Driessen, out in the world. and it's open access! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

For years, fans have complained about what it can take to get a concert ticket: the long virtual queue waits, website crashes and high prices. Now, the artists' role in it all are being questioned. n.pr/4rc1ffs

The edited collection on „Studying Unmade, Unseen, and Unreleased Film and Television Histories, Theories, Methods“ by James Fenwick & Kieran Foster is out now with @intellectbooks.bsky.social! Glad to have contributed a chapter on „Queer Histories of the Unmade“!

🚨 1 WEEK ALERT 🚨 Applications to join the FSNNA Organizing Committee close in 1 WEEK (Jan 31)! If you are interested in volunteering on the committee PLEASE make sure to fill out the form!! You can find more info & the application form here: forms.gle/6WT5BXkNMHjM... #FanStudies #FandomStudies

Who cares about kids when adult collectors are willing to pay top dollar? www.wired.com/story/legos-...

February 27th, 2026 - Workshop “Fan Practices of Memory and Remembrance” in Marburg/Germany journals.uni-marburg.de/fcr/announce...