Intellect is pleased to present Explorations in Media Ecology 25.1, the 25th Anniversary Volume! Including ‘Grief and healing through tattoos: Memorial tattoo narratives and the attitudes behind them’ by Joseph Robert Nicola. 👉https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/eme/25/1

Happy to share the latest episode of the Global Media Podchat with Prof. Henry Jenkins. Umich MA student Chenxi and I discuss two of his latest books with him, Fandom as Audience and Popular Culture and the Civic Imagination. Take a listen @umich.edu open.spotify.com/episode/1zuz...

Our latest piece is live! The great @prof-anne.bsky.social writes about the Good Omens series finale as a sort of metatextual gesture to fans—and especially fanfiction. "Good Omens’ final scenes are not subtle about their allegory of fanfic empowerment." Read or listen to an audio version:

Abstract for “‘A Dear Child with Many Names’: An Introduction to Expanding the History of Fandom”, by Daniel Cavicchi and Stephan Michael Schröder. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

In our latest, @soila.bsky.social writes about the complicated ways colonialism and cultural hegemony can separate English (for fanfiction, fun) from non-native speakers' local languages (for Serious Literature, everyday life). Read or listen to an audio version: fansplaining.com/the-elation-...

Deadline extended to June 1 2026 🚨

In “The Search for a Deep Time of Theatrical Fandom,” Peter W. Marx explores the historical implications of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century theater’s recirculation of older forms adoration and veneration. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... #FanStudies #FandomHistory

“Naming Historical Fans” summarizes my research on the range of English-language terms used to describe an avid person before “fan” emerged in the 1880s. #FanStudies #FandomHistory link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Belfekih, C., & Lachheb, M. (2026). Between stands and margins: Gendered hierarchies and intra-gender dynamics in Tunisian female football fandom. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 0(0). #FanStudies journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

New article in Review of International Studies ‘If it makes you happy, it can’t be that bad’: Liberal enjoyment and complicity in popular culture. Zoë Jay #FanStudies www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Request for information: I had a request from a prospective PhD student who is looking to work on fanfiction and AI writing. Do you know anyone who might be in a position to receive a proposal about this? (I cannot supervise PhD students myself.) Thanks. @fanstudies.bsky.social #FanStudies

Last call for nominations for member-at-large or grad rep for the SIG executive committee. Please send your name, affiliation, and brief statement to our Gmail by Friday evening (your time zone).

I have a book coming out soon! It’s fan studies / literary studies and about the complex relationships between the internet and twenty-first century fiction and fanfiction. Please join me at the online launch: Wednesday 3 June, 7pm UTC: www.facebook.com/events/16107...

"There are currently only three fanfics on the Archive of Our Own written in Swahili." In our latest, @soila.bsky.social writes about the dominance of English in fandom and especially fic, including the perspectives of fellow fans in Kenya, Nigeria, and Burundi. Read or listen to an audio version:

SUNDAY! SUNDAY!! SUNDAY!!! this is your reminder that the deadline to submit to present at the 2026 FSNNA #FanStudies conference is THIS SUNDAY (May 17)!

Hybrid Lecture: Transgender Bodies in Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece and Its Fandom Nemo Madeleine Sugimoto Martin Wednesday, 20 May 2026 15:30–17:00 Kanagawa University, Minatomirai Campus, Yokohama Details: human.kanagawa-u.ac.jp/kenkyu/sympo...

New article in International Journal of Cultural Studies ⬇️⬇️⬇️ The AI-mediated gamification of affective labor: The reconfiguration of participatory fan production in human–community–machine interactions Jie Cui #FanStudies journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

The program for the Mechademia 2026 conference is now available. We look forward to seeing you in Singapore soon! www.mechademia.net/2026/05/07/m...

NEW BOOK: Admirers, Fanciers and Devotees: The Early History of Fandom. E-book version released today: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #FanStudies #FandomHistory

New article in Alphabet ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Between Faith and Fandom: Hijabi Women Engaging with Queer Manhwa in Digital Media #FanStudies alphabet.ub.ac.id/index.php/al...

Newest issue (22.1) of Participations is out! :) Featuring articles on female audiences of true crime, Zimbabwean sungura music, news and civic participation, multilingual audiences in Solapur, Italian film culture, German public service media platforms & mixed-reality art! www.participations.org

Been sitting on this news for a little while but I'm so excited to be talking on a panel on "Fandom Fluency" at the upcoming Popcultr Marketing Summit which runs alongside the MCM Comic Con in London. #FanStudies popcultr.events/may26

New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Baumgartner, S. E., & Kühne, R. (2026). Why Do Users Stop Pleasurable Media Experiences? The Dynamics of Media Experiences and Their Impact on Media Disengagement. Communication Research, 53(4), 455-477. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Benson-Allott, C. (2026). One Fan’s Shame: On Living With Loving Below Deck. Television & New Media, 0(0). #FanStudies journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

curious how fans feel about generative AI? my article, “AI is not a fan”: media fan responses to generative AI between consent and callouts, is out now. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Had a great conversation about Chinese CP fans with Nicoletta! We talked about everything from Xiao Zhan and AO3 to the military's crackdown on Linghe's beautiful face in Pursuit of Jade, but of course that's all background for this piece.

In this special interview episode, Erin sits down with Fansplaining's editor-in-chief, Elizabeth Minkel, and editor and writer Lin Codega, to discuss the relaunch of @fansplaining.bsky.social as an independent, subscriber-supported journalistic publication. #Fandom #Podcast #Fansplaining #Interview

ANNOUNCING: volume 2.1 of the International Journal of Disney Studies! MEET our excellent new editor, INDULGE in intersections with public speaking, CHERISH old fairy tales, KINDLE you knowledge of female violence, ENJOY the wild frontier, YEARN for more here: intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...

Call for Chapters and Symposium Contributions: Small Screens, Big Stories evolutionofstory.info/cfp-small-sc...

Have been enjoying @dazeddigital.com coverage of the #DevPatel lookalike competition over on Instagram! I'll be talking more about the actor's fan appeal at @angliaruskin.bsky.social Internet Boyfriends symposium later this month! Details here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/internet-b... #fanstudies

New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Fortant, E. (2026). Building intimacy with fans: A comparative study of self-presentation strategies of crowdfunded musicians on Patreon and YouTube. New Media & Society, 0(0). #FanStudies journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Online research seminar Ludic Pilgrimages: how videogames remake heritage tourism Dr Dale Leorke Fri 15 May 2026 • ⏰ 14:00–16:00 (UK) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

A Portrait of the Auteur as Fanboy: The Construction of Authorship in Transmedia Franchises is **56% off** through May 15 (the discount shows up when you put it in your cart). a good chance to grab it if you've been considering! www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/A/A-Po...

There are 10 days left to submit your nominations for SIG grad rep and at-large member! You should do it! Why? ✅ Participate in the leadership of the SIG ✅ Get to know colleagues in the field ✅ Low commitment but good line on your CV Send a short bio and statement to our Gmail account by May 15!

CFP: Star Wars at 50: Forces, Forms Legacies Friday May 7th 2027 Durham University. This will be followed by an exciting series of public events and activities at the Glasshouse concert venue in Gateshead across May 8th and 9th. #FanStudies fanstudies.org/2026/05/04/c...

New chapter on Computational Analysis: Fanfiction as Literary Reception - Julia Neugarten In: Research Methods in Literary Reception Studies Edited by Jeroen Dera, Anna Oerlemans, and Frederik Van Dam #FanStudies www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9789462...

Funding Call from XR Network+ 🚨 Future Live Fan Experiences R&D Challenge End date: 29 May 2026 xrnetworkplus.xrstories.co.uk/grant/future...

The Livies fandom is devoted to Olivia Rodrigo. They are also devoted to each other. In honor of Olivia’s Cosmopolitan cover, we went to the people running her biggest fan accounts to find out how a fan base becomes a family. www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainmen...

📍How does one get to the Trans-Asian Transcultural Fandom Symposium? Search for our venue, AS7 Shaw Foundation Building On Google Maps 🔗 maps.app.goo.gl/tdGwDKe62FXN... or scan the QR code📲 #Fandom #FanStudies #TransculturalFandom #KPop #kpopfandom #fandoms #asianfandom

New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Jo, Hanki and Choi, Areum (2026) "From Affective Placemaking to Fandom Activism: A Reinterpretation of Contents Tourism in the Context of K-Drama Fandom," Kritika Kultura: No. 49, Article 16. #FanStudies archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss4...

It's our launch day—so of course we had to start things off with a bang. 😎 Editor (& footnote lover) @lincodega.com goes deep on The Pitt and the elements that make it ripe for fanfic. (With a little critique of all those bad Pitt fandom pieces along the way.) Read or listen to an audio version:

⌛ Just a bit over a month left to send in your proposals for JPRS Special Issue on Sport Romance. Don't miss out on this opportunity! #RomanceResearch

On 22 May, I'll be presenting a paper on #DevPatel at this brilliant conference on #Internetboyfriends! You can sign up to attend on Eventbrite here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/internet-b... #celebritystudies #starstudies #fanstudies

New special issue ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Ahn, Soongbeum and Roy, Ratan Kumar (2026) "Introduction: Homo Connectus and Fandom Activism: Fansumers as Cultural Transmitters," Kritika Kultura: No. 49, Article 10. #FanStudies archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss4...

Far too much discussion of AI but a few interesting bits on fandom and marketing here variety.com/2026/biz/new...

Call For Papers Video Games and Animation: A One-Day Conference University for the Creative Arts, Farnham Friday 19 June 2026 vga2026.edublogs.org