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Transformative Works and Cultures
7 days ago
In
#TWC46's
first New Currents article,
@julianeugarten.bsky.social
explores the potential of a suite of natural language processing and machine learning tools to examine power and gender dynamics in fan fiction featuring characters from Greek mythology! Read it here:
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SCMS Fan and Audience Studies SIG
7 days ago
SIG members, don't forget that our event with
@alfredmartin.bsky.social
is a week from today. Al will be talking about his new book, FANDOM FOR US, BY US. Please register here to get the Zoom link:
tinyurl.com/fandomforus
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Natasha Johnson
9 days ago
Digital humanities researchers often care about fine-grained similarity based on narrative elements like plot or tone, which don’t necessarily correlate with surface-level textual features. Can embedding models capture this? We study this in the context of fanfiction!
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Dr Rebecca Williams
10 days ago
So pleased to see my newest journal article out in Open Access in Celebrity Studies. It's part of a special issue on celebrity and crisis and I'm looking forward to reading all of the other contributions.
#FanStudies
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“Somehow, Iger returned”: brand fandom, cultural intermediaries and the contested authorship of Disney’s celebrity CEOs
This paper examines the concept of celebrity in crisis through the figure of the celebrity CEO. Focusing on the example of two recent CEOs of the Walt Disney Company, Bob Chapek and Bob Iger, the p...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19392397.2025.2575681
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Intellect Books
9 days ago
Horror Studies 16.2 is out now! Including ‘Shadow agents: Ecohorror and ambient dread in Vampyr (1932)’ by Benjamin Bigelow. #horrorstudies
Popular Culture Association
Access the issue via Discover 👉
https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/host/16/2
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9 days ago
Opening
#TWC46's
New Currents on Fans and AI, guest editors
@suzannerblack.bsky.social
&
@ladylark.bsky.social
identify potential areas of disruption to contemporary fandom & fan studies arising from AI and suggest what the consequences might be. Read the editorial here:
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ActuFanfic
9 days ago
Today is 🥼 Academic Review day! Here are some articles on fanfiction, Sherlock Holmes and (sometimes) John Watson!
#fanfiction
#sherlock
#fanstudies
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Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign Figured Out How to Channel Fandom
Much of the content about Mamdani online hasn’t come from his campaign or the dozens of political influencers invited to cover it. It has also come from fans.
https://www.wired.com/story/zohran-mamdani-campaign-fandom/
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New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Alfred W T Lo, Culture travellers: Theorizing transculturing through transcultural fandom in the GenAI age, Applied Linguistics, 2025.
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Culture travellers: Theorizing transculturing through transcultural fandom in the GenAI age
Abstract. This paper develops transculturing as a new theoretical–analytical approach for understanding how culture is creatively, critically, and imaginat
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Some chapters on fandom in this new edited collection
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From Koreanness to K-ness: Contemporary Korean Culture and Society
From Koreanness to K-ness: Contemporary Korean Culture and Society aims to conceptualise ‘K-ness’ as a new way of understanding the underlying characteristics that shape the semiotic, cultural, and so...
https://www.routledge.com/From-Koreanness-to-K-ness-Contemporary-Korean-Culture-and-Society/Lee/p/book/9781041015376
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14 days ago
In our special issue "Centering Blackness in Fan Studies," Mel Monier and Kristen Leer published "Since the moment pictures could move, we had skin in the game": Black horror podcasters as fans, critics, and creators"!
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New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Feng, S., Zhang, L., Tandoc, E. C., Jr, & Chew, K. (2025). Between Desire and Derision: The Transnationalization of Queer Culture and Chinese Female Audiences’ Attitudes Toward Thai BL Drama. Television & New Media, 0(0).
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https://doi.org/10.1177/15274764251380194
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New chapter in Handbook on Sport and Culture ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 22: Exploring fandom material cultures of sports and gaming David J. Leonard and Kishonna L. Gray
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Intellect Books
17 days ago
Call for book chapters Companion to International Comic Studies Deadline: 31 January 2026 Find out more 👉 https://ow.ly/5vY050XipXT
Julia Round
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Fan Studies Network North America
17 days ago
📣 Heads up to all our
#FSNNA2025
Attendees! Check your inbox for our post-conference survey! We are always looking to improve & refine our conference and we'd LOVE to get your feedback
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Jenessa Williams, PhD
18 days ago
Hello good morning my new article for Celebrity Studies is live! The link here will give the first 50 viewers free access (ideal if you don't currently belong to a University with a subscription):
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds
16 days ago
Celebrating the publication of our very own
@sophiebishop.bsky.social
's first book, 'Influencer Creep'! 🎉 We are hosting a book launch on the 19th November (followed by a drinks reception), and everyone is welcome:
ahc.leeds.ac.uk/media/events...
📚 Order the book:
www.ucpress.edu/books/influe...
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16 days ago
#TWC46's
Article section ends with
@janpoi.bsky.social
's "Intergenerational dynamics of children's music fandom: An enculturation perspective"! This study of intergenerational music fandom, also looks at the continuation of fannish attachments and practices over time. Read it here:
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Caroline Ball
16 days ago
My latest piece, on open access and scholarly publishing - revealing my inner fangirl to the world in the process (you are not shocked, I know) 📚
#AcademicSky
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How Fanfiction Can Help Us Reimagine Scholarly Publishing
Archive of Our Own, a digital fanfiction repository, shows what’s possible when we design our infrastructures around the communities that use them, rather than around extractive logics.
https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/open-knowledge/2025/how-fanfiction-can-help-reimagine-scholarly-publishing
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UMassLinguistics
15 days ago
The Language of Fandom
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The Language of Fandom | Ithaca College
Venkata S. Govindarajan, an assistant professor of computer science, studied the language choices of NFL fans in Reddit comment threads. If you’re a fan of sports, you’ve almost certainly engaged in passionate discussions and debates with your favorite team’s fellow supporters during a game. Whether it’s the thrill of beating Cortland, or—if you’re a Bills fan—the agony of losing to the Kansas City Chiefs again, being a fan means riding the roller coaster of emotions that comes with following a team.And, if you’re a digital native, there’s a strong chance this discourse takes place at the message boards and comment threads that populate the Internet.An assistant professor of computer science at Ithaca College, Venkata S. Govindarajan describes himself as a “computational linguist at heart.” (Broadly, a computational linguist is someone who blends linguistics and computer science to understand human language.) Govindarajan’s research examines how we talk about in-groups (groups you consider yourself a part of) and out-groups (ones you don’t).“In language, people us phrases like ‘us’ and ‘we’ when making themselves part of the in-group and ‘they’ and ‘them’ when making themselves part of the out-group,” he explains. “Usually, it’s done to reinforce good qualities about an in-group and vice versa.”Sports, with its clearly defined lines of fandom, provides the perfect avenue for that type of analysis.Specifically, what Govindarajan wanted to do was study how the language people use to describe in-groups changes based on the current state of the world and the current fortunes for the in-group.“I needed a way to attach a number to indicate how good the state of the world is for the in-group independent of language," he said. “Sports is perfect for that, because the changing score and team’s odds for winning provided a clear state for the in-groups.”
https://www.ithaca.edu/news/language-fandom
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But Why Tho?
30 days ago
We've got a new episode! This week, we celebrate THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW with film historian and critic,
@ptklein.com
! We discuss how it became a cult classic, what it means to us, how it saved lives, and why it remains important today. LISTEN HERE 👇
butwhytho.captivate.fm/episode/epis...
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Game Research Lab
18 days ago
A reminder of our open call for postdoctoral researchers focusing on cultural game studies, closing on Friday this week, 31 October at 23.59.00 EET / UTC+2 (Finland time):
tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...
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3 Postdoctoral Researchers (cultural game studies) / 3 tutkijatohtoria (kulttuurinen pelitutkimus)
https://tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index.php?jid=2807&o=A_RJ
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Mel Stanfill
19 days ago
here's a chance to preorder Professor Superstar with a discount!
add a skeleton here at some point
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Transformative Works and Cultures
18 days ago
For
#TWC46
, James Brooks Kuykendall turns our attention to historical fan studies in his analysis of the Gilbert and Sullivan Society! Read "Fandom and the early years of the Gilbert and Sullivan Society (1924–45)" today:
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New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Fujak, H., Frawley, S., & Adair, D. (2025). Investigating the Prevalence and Distribution of Sport Fandom. Leisure Sciences, 1–21.
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Dr Rebecca Williams
19 days ago
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Star Wars Fans Launch Times Square Campaign To Save Adam Driver's Ben Solo Movie
Star Wars fans launch Times Square billboard campaign to voice their desire to see Disney make Adam Driver's The Hunt for Ben Solo movie.
https://collider.com/adam-driver-star-wars-movie-fan-campaign-hunt-for-ben-solo-times-square-billboard-images/
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Francesca Coppa
18 days ago
Call for Papers: Reading Fanfiction/ Fanfiction Reading If you have a 3000-4000 literary close reading of a fanfiction story burning to get out, please be in touch! :D
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New article in Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication Studies ⬇️⬇️⬇️ An Exploration of the Communication and Development of Fandom Culture in the Context of New Media Lei Xia
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An Exploration of the Communication and Development of Fandom Culture in the Context of New Media | Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication Studies
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Wai Yen Tang Ph.D.
19 days ago
Reducing Toxic Behaviors in the Gaming Community: A Social-Psychological Intervention with Lasting Effects by Ágnes Zsila, Gábor Orosz, & Zsolt Demetrovics
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Dr. Suzanne Scott
20 days ago
Oh look, another “All fans of (insert franchise) are dudes” clickbait article has dropped, which means it’s time to give away a couple of copies of my book “Fake Geek Girls: Fandom, Gender, and the Convergence Culture Industry.” Comment below if you would like to be entered into this raffle!
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Transformative Works and Cultures
21 days ago
In "Beyond the "fandom as religion" comparison: Measuring the sacred dimensions of Comic-Con fan devotion," Michael A. Elliott & Marissa Mowers challenge scholarship that considers fandom as a type of religious devotion via an exploration of Comic-Con attendees. Read it in
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Dr. Emily Hamilton-Honey
20 days ago
I am finally sitting down this morning and starting in on the page proofs, and oh, my heart. This
#Newsies
book is really going to be real! It's been four years, and it's GOING TO BE REAL. ❤️🗞️🥹
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Erika Ningxin Wang
19 days ago
First keynote at Fan Studies Network-North America
#FSNNA25
! Humbled to discuss our new book "Fandom Nationalism"
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/fandom-na...
with
@qianhuang.bsky.social
, Henry Jenkins & Dal Yong Jin. My PhD supervisor & my own PhD student in the audience—a full circle moment. Grateful. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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University of Michigan Press
22 days ago
Are you attending the virtual
#FSNNA
conference? Be sure to meet our editor Haley Winkle, and check out our latest titles in Fan Studies (and our other Media Studies books, too)! Use code UMWEB30 for a 30% discount. Browse here:
press.umich.edu/Browse-by-Su...
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ActuFanfic
23 days ago
For example, in France, the International Research Association in Popular Literature and Media Culture (PLMC) organized a seminar session in June 2023 dedicated to fan studies and fanfiction!
#fanfiction
#fandomstudies
#research
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Séminaire LPCM, Séance 6 – Vendredi 9 juin 2023, 16h-18h : « Fan Studies et fanfictions »
Le séminaire de recherche mensuel de la LPCM, “Dans l’atelier des chercheur·se·s en littératures populaires et culture médiatique” vise à favoriser les rencontres et les échanges entre les chercheur·s...
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Fan Studies Network North America
21 days ago
On the
#FSNNA2025
agenda for today we've got: 🔸Presenter panels (at 10am, 1:30pm, & 3:15pm ET) 🔸our 1st Headliner event with Dr. Erika Ningxin Wang on Fandom Nationalism at 11:45am ET 🔸our annual Vid Show event(at 5pm ET)
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New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Ratna, A., Doidge, M., Chowdhury, M., & Skillen, F. (2025). The Theatrics of Hate: Using Art-Based Methods to Understand Hate Crime and Football Fandom. Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies, 0(0).
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New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Kasımoğlu, A. (2025). Football, identity and nationalism: A sociological analysis of ‘Tractor’ fan culture. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 0(0).
#FanStudies
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New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Taylor, T. (2025). Journeys to the ‘Other’: England fans’, Orientalism and the 2022 World Cup. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 0(0).
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Transformative Works and Cultures
23 days ago
For
#TWC46
,
@thekateprior.bsky.social
offers a quantitative analysis of both platonic and romantic Spider-Man fan fiction in "Daddy issues/daddy kink: Remixing masculine authority in Spider-Man fan fiction"! Read it here:
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UCF Texts & Technology PhD
23 days ago
T&T student
@thekateprior.bsky.social
recently published "Daddy issues/daddy kink: Remixing masculine authority in Spider-Man fan fiction." Check it out!
journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/tw...
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Daddy issues/daddy kink: Remixing masculine authority in Spider-Man fan fiction | Transformative Works and Cultures
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Kathryn Hemmann
23 days ago
I'd like to share the
#callforsubmissions
for Bloodletter, a literary horror magazine that welcomes female, nonbinary, and transgender writers. The theme of their upcoming issue is "Play," and they're actively seeking pitches for nonfiction essays. Shoutout to
#FanStudies
and video game writers!
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New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Neugarten, J., (2025) “A Powerful Hades Is an Unpopular Dude. Dynamics of Power and Agency in Hades/Persephone Fanfiction”, Journal of Computational Literary Studies 4(1).
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A Powerful Hades Is an Unpopular Dude. Dynamics of Power and Agency in Hades/Persephone Fanfiction
This paper employs Riveter (Antoniak et al. 2023) to analyze the dynamics of power and agency between the characters of Persephone and Hades in 482 short works of fanfiction (369,809 words total) abou...
https://doi.org/10.48694/jcls.4208
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Elke Weissmann
25 days ago
It's CFP time for the Critical Studies in Television conference 2026. All papers on TV welcome , but conference theme is 'Crisis'.
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Critical Studies in Television Conference 2026 - Television Studies Research Group
Slow Online Conference6-17 July 2026 We invite papers on all aspects connected to television, but this year we want to pay particular attention to the feeling of crisis that envelops us and television...
https://sites.edgehill.ac.uk/tvresearchgroup/critical-studies-in-television-conference-2026/
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Intellect Books
24 days ago
⭐ Intellect is at #FSNNA2025 Online, 23–26 Oct! ✨ 30% off all books w/ code INTELLECT30 📚 Explore journals incl. Journal of Fandom Studies + new International Journal of Disney Studies (free issue!) 📩
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25 days ago
In "Young women and fan fiction: Motives, reading practices, and reader types," Darina Valiakhmetova, Diana Shchelkanova, and Oxana Mikhaylova expand beyond the anglophone world with their work on Russian fan fiction readers! Read it in
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Fan Studies Network North America
24 days ago
🚨🚨LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER FOR OUR
#FSNNA2025
#FanStudies
CONFERENCE!!!🚨🚨 Registration closes TOMORROW (Oct 21) at 11:59pm ET‼️ You can find the registration & conference info on our REVAMPED WEBSITE at
fsn-northamerica.org#Conference
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Dr Rebecca Williams
28 days ago
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Why Lionsgate Hired TikTok Fan Editors to Market Movies
Hollywood studios like Lionsgate have started using fan edits on TikTok for official marketing campaigns.
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/lionsgate-tiktok-fan-edits-1236551825/
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Taylor Swift fans drive attendance at German museum with Ophelia painting
Artwork resembles the opening scene of 'The Fate of Ophelia' music video
https://blooloop.com/german-museum-taylor-swift-ophelia/
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New article in Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Bestiale! Serial storytelling and social media fandom in L’ispettore Coliandro Mario Tirino
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Bestiale! Serial storytelling and social media fandom in L’ispettore Coliandro | Intellect
The aim of this article is to analyse the TV series L’ispettore Coliandro (Inspector Coliandro) (2006–present), starting from the conceptual categories regarding complex storytelling such as extrinsic...
https://doi.org/10.1386/jicms_00353_1
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