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Hi folks! I’m very excited to announce details of a one-day international symposium I’m hosting on Thursday 29 May 2025 (09:00–17:30) at @ucddublin.bsky.social. You can find more information on @ucdischool.bsky.social’s website: www.ucd.ie/ics/events/r... 🧵

. @simoned.bsky.social talks about the differences practices, techniques and strategies that can be used in fanspiracy and we see these in Swift fandom as well as e.g. QAnon. Simone had talked to Swifties across the globe and asked about Easter egg hunting which she's focusing on today. #scms25

Next up is @simoned.bsky.social talking about Taylor Swift fandom and conspiratorial and participatory play. Those at the symposium we ran yesterday will recognise both mine and Simone's papers, and you can also read more about fanspiracy in our Convergence special issue.

And our panel is starting! First up is @anthonydannar.bsky.social, giving a shout out to a new collection on fandom edited by @natalieleclue.bsky.social which me and @simoned.bsky.social also have a chapter in. #scms25

Melodies of Malice: Understanding How AI Fuels the Creation and Spread of Extremist Music gnet-research.org/2024/12/11/m...

The ebook version of an edited collection me and my friend/colleague Steff El Madawi contributed a chapter to is now available! We wrote about digital witnessing and forensic fandom, focusing on Nicola Bulley. Let me know if you want to read it but can't access it. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

By now last week… 💪🏼

Worth a try.

Nice to see @simoned.bsky.social quoted at length in this. As a former Gaiman fan, who still has all his books and is wondering what to do about them, I've been following this closely. And obviously believe the victims.

Fandom is allang niet meer iets voor pubermeisjes. We spraken met @simoned.bsky.social (Simone Driessen) over langetermijnfandom, nu in alle podcastapps ondermediadoctoren.nl/afl-199-lang...

Chicago here we come!

Tá online a parte 2 do dossiê Cultura Pop, Estudos de Fãs e Indústrias Criativas que organizei junto com @simoned.bsky.social para a revista Brazilian Creative Industries Journal. Thanks @vanessavaliati.bsky.social for helping us edit it periodicos.feevale.br/seer/index.p...

It looks like first conference for 2024 — a panel with @memorieschild.bsky.social and Simone Driessen — is sorted. We’ll be examining the complex power dynamics of celebrity and fan relations at the Power in Prestige conference in Oxford in July 2024

Fan studies followers! Take note: periodicos.feevale.br/seer/index.p...

Finally watched The Bear. Loved it. Made me think a lot about thriving on stress, and working in academia.