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My review of Briony Hannell's brilliant book 'Feminist Fandom: Media Fandom, Digital Feminisms, and Tumblr' is now available in Feminist Media Studies ✨ @femmediastudies.bsky.social
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Feminist fandom: media fandom, digital feminisms, and tumblr
Published in Feminist Media Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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May 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
My review of Briony Hannell's brilliant book 'Feminist Fandom: Media Fandom, Digital Feminisms, and Tumblr' is now available in Feminist Media Studies ✨ @femmediastudies.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New book chapter ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Prideful Actions, Shameful Identities Hybridity in International K-pop Fan Communities
Samantha James in:
Foundations in Cyber-Ethnography: A Cross-Cultural Approach
#FanStudies
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Prideful Actions, Shameful Identities Hybridity in International K-pop Fan Communities
Samantha James in:
Foundations in Cyber-Ethnography: A Cross-Cultural Approach
#FanStudies
books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&...
Foundations in Cyber-Ethnography
Contributors to this volume contend that in the realm of research on human society, online and digital communication can no longer be relegated to a separate cyber space and should instead be consider...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
New book chapter ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Prideful Actions, Shameful Identities Hybridity in International K-pop Fan Communities
Samantha James in:
Foundations in Cyber-Ethnography: A Cross-Cultural Approach
#FanStudies
books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&...
Prideful Actions, Shameful Identities Hybridity in International K-pop Fan Communities
Samantha James in:
Foundations in Cyber-Ethnography: A Cross-Cultural Approach
#FanStudies
books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&...
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New article on larp, activism and deliberation in this collection, out in December!
Education and Analog Role-Playing Games: Theory and Pedagogy, Volume 1
Education and Analog Role-Playing Games: Theory and Pedagogy brings together scholars and educators who explore the educational potential of analog role-playing games (tabletop role-playing games and ...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:39 AM
New article on larp, activism and deliberation in this collection, out in December!
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OUT NOW
Celebrity Bromance and Comradery Capital in #Asia edited by Celia Lam & Jackie Raphael-Luu www.bloomsbury.com/9780755655021
Coverage includes #bromance in Bollywood, #K-Pop, YouTube stars & more! 🤩
New in the Asian #Celebrity and #Fandom Studies series: https://bit.ly/4oddqat
Celebrity Bromance and Comradery Capital in #Asia edited by Celia Lam & Jackie Raphael-Luu www.bloomsbury.com/9780755655021
Coverage includes #bromance in Bollywood, #K-Pop, YouTube stars & more! 🤩
New in the Asian #Celebrity and #Fandom Studies series: https://bit.ly/4oddqat
October 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
OUT NOW
Celebrity Bromance and Comradery Capital in #Asia edited by Celia Lam & Jackie Raphael-Luu www.bloomsbury.com/9780755655021
Coverage includes #bromance in Bollywood, #K-Pop, YouTube stars & more! 🤩
New in the Asian #Celebrity and #Fandom Studies series: https://bit.ly/4oddqat
Celebrity Bromance and Comradery Capital in #Asia edited by Celia Lam & Jackie Raphael-Luu www.bloomsbury.com/9780755655021
Coverage includes #bromance in Bollywood, #K-Pop, YouTube stars & more! 🤩
New in the Asian #Celebrity and #Fandom Studies series: https://bit.ly/4oddqat
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Journal of Fandom Studies 13.1 is out now with Book Reviews:
Squee from the Margins: Fandom and Race, Rukmini Pande (2018) By Bethan Jones doi.org/10.1386/jfs_...
Identity, Community, and Sexuality in Slash Fan Fiction: Pocket Publics, Anne Kustritz (2023) By Julia Neugarten doi.org/10.1386/jfs_...
Squee from the Margins: Fandom and Race, Rukmini Pande (2018) By Bethan Jones doi.org/10.1386/jfs_...
Identity, Community, and Sexuality in Slash Fan Fiction: Pocket Publics, Anne Kustritz (2023) By Julia Neugarten doi.org/10.1386/jfs_...
A court of theories and world-building: The expansion of Sarah J. Maas’s fictional worlds through fandom culture | Intellect
Much has been written when it comes to world-building, the nature of fan cultural practices, affect and digital media platforms. Each contributes in their own way to the field of media and cultural st...
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August 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Journal of Fandom Studies 13.1 is out now with Book Reviews:
Squee from the Margins: Fandom and Race, Rukmini Pande (2018) By Bethan Jones doi.org/10.1386/jfs_...
Identity, Community, and Sexuality in Slash Fan Fiction: Pocket Publics, Anne Kustritz (2023) By Julia Neugarten doi.org/10.1386/jfs_...
Squee from the Margins: Fandom and Race, Rukmini Pande (2018) By Bethan Jones doi.org/10.1386/jfs_...
Identity, Community, and Sexuality in Slash Fan Fiction: Pocket Publics, Anne Kustritz (2023) By Julia Neugarten doi.org/10.1386/jfs_...
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In a new essay for the Forum section of Celebrity Studies, I share some thoughts on how YouTube music critic and digital celebrity Anthony Fantano employs memes to build his dedicated fanbase, and how it relates to his murky digital history: dx.doi.org/10.1080/1939...
“Ya’ll know this is just my opinion, right?”: Anthony Fantano’s cultivation of authenticity and digital celebrity through memes
Published in Celebrity Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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October 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
In a new essay for the Forum section of Celebrity Studies, I share some thoughts on how YouTube music critic and digital celebrity Anthony Fantano employs memes to build his dedicated fanbase, and how it relates to his murky digital history: dx.doi.org/10.1080/1939...
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The DePaul Pop Culture Conference theme this year is Remixing Pop Music, to be held at DePaul in Chicago on May 2. If you're interested in the theme, you can submit an idea for a presentation here (by Jan. 31): popcultureconference.com/2026-remix-p...
RSVP 1 — DePaul Pop Culture Conference
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November 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The DePaul Pop Culture Conference theme this year is Remixing Pop Music, to be held at DePaul in Chicago on May 2. If you're interested in the theme, you can submit an idea for a presentation here (by Jan. 31): popcultureconference.com/2026-remix-p...
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Congrats to SIG member Mel Stanfill for winning the Diamond Anniversary Book for FANDOM IS UGLY from the National Communication Association! We love to see fan studies-related scholarship getting national attention!
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Congrats to SIG member Mel Stanfill for winning the Diamond Anniversary Book for FANDOM IS UGLY from the National Communication Association! We love to see fan studies-related scholarship getting national attention!
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Closing out our Fans & AI section, Jing Bai asks us to reconsider the relationships between humans and AI in "Otaku and AI: Reconsidering human, machine, and animal"! Read their Symposium piece in #TWC46 today!
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November 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Closing out our Fans & AI section, Jing Bai asks us to reconsider the relationships between humans and AI in "Otaku and AI: Reconsidering human, machine, and animal"! Read their Symposium piece in #TWC46 today!
New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Poon, H. (2025). ‘I don’t want to care’: Fandom, politics and affect in post-2019 Hong Kong. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 28(6), 1740-1757.
#FanStudies
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Poon, H. (2025). ‘I don’t want to care’: Fandom, politics and affect in post-2019 Hong Kong. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 28(6), 1740-1757.
#FanStudies
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‘I don’t want to care’: Fandom, politics and affect in post-2019 Hong Kong - Hannah Poon, 2025
The popularity of Mirror, a 12-member boy group, skyrocketed in Hong Kong in 2021 and attracted a mass following of local fans. This fan wave, however, took ove...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:38 AM
New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Poon, H. (2025). ‘I don’t want to care’: Fandom, politics and affect in post-2019 Hong Kong. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 28(6), 1740-1757.
#FanStudies
doi.org/10.1177/1367...
Poon, H. (2025). ‘I don’t want to care’: Fandom, politics and affect in post-2019 Hong Kong. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 28(6), 1740-1757.
#FanStudies
doi.org/10.1177/1367...
New book ⬇️⬇️⬇️
From Mainstream to Digital: South African Perspectives on Participatory Media Cultures
Edited by Natalie Le Clue; Catherine Duncan; Janelle Vermaak-Griessel
#FanStudies
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From Mainstream to Digital: South African Perspectives on Participatory Media Cultures
Edited by Natalie Le Clue; Catherine Duncan; Janelle Vermaak-Griessel
#FanStudies
www.emerald.com/books/edited...
From Mainstream to Digital: South African Perspectives on Participatory Media Cultures
From Mainstream to Digital explores the complex landscape of digital participation in a country where both digital and traditional media interact in shapin
www.emerald.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
New book ⬇️⬇️⬇️
From Mainstream to Digital: South African Perspectives on Participatory Media Cultures
Edited by Natalie Le Clue; Catherine Duncan; Janelle Vermaak-Griessel
#FanStudies
www.emerald.com/books/edited...
From Mainstream to Digital: South African Perspectives on Participatory Media Cultures
Edited by Natalie Le Clue; Catherine Duncan; Janelle Vermaak-Griessel
#FanStudies
www.emerald.com/books/edited...
New article in Media, Culture & Society ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Sender, K., Beatrys, B., Foster, M. E., Chen, T., & Wang, H. (2025). Strategic methodological essentialism: An approach to transnational LGBTQ+ audience research.
doi.org/10.1177/0163...
Sender, K., Beatrys, B., Foster, M. E., Chen, T., & Wang, H. (2025). Strategic methodological essentialism: An approach to transnational LGBTQ+ audience research.
doi.org/10.1177/0163...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
New article in Media, Culture & Society ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Sender, K., Beatrys, B., Foster, M. E., Chen, T., & Wang, H. (2025). Strategic methodological essentialism: An approach to transnational LGBTQ+ audience research.
doi.org/10.1177/0163...
Sender, K., Beatrys, B., Foster, M. E., Chen, T., & Wang, H. (2025). Strategic methodological essentialism: An approach to transnational LGBTQ+ audience research.
doi.org/10.1177/0163...
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Catalan Journal of Communication & Cultural Studies 17.2 is out now!
Special Issue: ‘Ludomythologies’
Including ‘Mytholudic ecocriticism: Towards an understanding of ecopolitical Ludomythologies in Alba: A Wildlife Adventure’ by David Harold Ten Cate
https://ow.ly/3Rto50XqY4J
Special Issue: ‘Ludomythologies’
Including ‘Mytholudic ecocriticism: Towards an understanding of ecopolitical Ludomythologies in Alba: A Wildlife Adventure’ by David Harold Ten Cate
https://ow.ly/3Rto50XqY4J
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Catalan Journal of Communication & Cultural Studies 17.2 is out now!
Special Issue: ‘Ludomythologies’
Including ‘Mytholudic ecocriticism: Towards an understanding of ecopolitical Ludomythologies in Alba: A Wildlife Adventure’ by David Harold Ten Cate
https://ow.ly/3Rto50XqY4J
Special Issue: ‘Ludomythologies’
Including ‘Mytholudic ecocriticism: Towards an understanding of ecopolitical Ludomythologies in Alba: A Wildlife Adventure’ by David Harold Ten Cate
https://ow.ly/3Rto50XqY4J
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SIG members, mark your calendar for our annual SIG meeting on Friday, Dec. 5 at 10am Central / 16:00 UTC. Links and instructions will be sent that week.
November 19, 2025 at 3:40 AM
SIG members, mark your calendar for our annual SIG meeting on Friday, Dec. 5 at 10am Central / 16:00 UTC. Links and instructions will be sent that week.
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Check out the article "Meaningfully playful: Gender, sexuality, and civic imaginations in Korean and Chinese fandom cultures", authored by Do Own (Donna) Kim and Fang Wu, in our Online First section.
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#IJCSOnlineFirst
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November 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Check out the article "Meaningfully playful: Gender, sexuality, and civic imaginations in Korean and Chinese fandom cultures", authored by Do Own (Donna) Kim and Fang Wu, in our Online First section.
doi.org/10.1177/1367...
#IJCSOnlineFirst
@doowndonnakim.bsky.social
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#IJCSOnlineFirst
@doowndonnakim.bsky.social
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125th: Fandom is Ugly Mel Stanfill’s engaging look at how toxic behavior online can be linked to culture wars and bad practices by fans. A must read for media scholars and fan studies alike as she shows new paths to consider. @nyupress.bsky.social #booksky
November 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
125th: Fandom is Ugly Mel Stanfill’s engaging look at how toxic behavior online can be linked to culture wars and bad practices by fans. A must read for media scholars and fan studies alike as she shows new paths to consider. @nyupress.bsky.social #booksky
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Cambridge Dictionary have declared "parasocial" their word of the year, but 59% of Britons say they've never heard the term before
Confident know what it means: 11%
Vaguely know what it means: 15%
Have heard it, but don't know what it means: 15%
Have not heard it: 59%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
Confident know what it means: 11%
Vaguely know what it means: 15%
Have heard it, but don't know what it means: 15%
Have not heard it: 59%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
November 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Cambridge Dictionary have declared "parasocial" their word of the year, but 59% of Britons say they've never heard the term before
Confident know what it means: 11%
Vaguely know what it means: 15%
Have heard it, but don't know what it means: 15%
Have not heard it: 59%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
Confident know what it means: 11%
Vaguely know what it means: 15%
Have heard it, but don't know what it means: 15%
Have not heard it: 59%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
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My book Transmedia Terrors in Post-TV Horror is now available as a paperback (and at a much more reasonable price!). You can pre-order it here: www.routledge.com/Transmedia-T...
November 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
My book Transmedia Terrors in Post-TV Horror is now available as a paperback (and at a much more reasonable price!). You can pre-order it here: www.routledge.com/Transmedia-T...
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This is such a great article by Eva Cheuk-Yin Li & Ka-Wei Pang about a specific incident in fandom in which discourse around AI deepfakes was weaponised by fans. Beyond the incident itself, it offers a thoughtful example of how to engage with fandom incidents with care and respect.
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This is such a great article by Eva Cheuk-Yin Li & Ka-Wei Pang about a specific incident in fandom in which discourse around AI deepfakes was weaponised by fans. Beyond the incident itself, it offers a thoughtful example of how to engage with fandom incidents with care and respect.
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My forthcoming book on K-pop fandom looks at how parasocial relationships in K-pop today can be viewed as asymmetrical relationships -- never entirely one-way, but in many cases, two-way, asymmetric-yet-mutual attachments 💞
The Cambridge Dictionary has chosen “parasocial” as its Word of the Year for 2025.
November 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
My forthcoming book on K-pop fandom looks at how parasocial relationships in K-pop today can be viewed as asymmetrical relationships -- never entirely one-way, but in many cases, two-way, asymmetric-yet-mutual attachments 💞
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My book Theme Park Fandom is coming out in a much more affordable paperback edition. Pre-order here:
www.routledge.com/Theme-Park-F...
www.routledge.com/Theme-Park-F...
Theme Park Fandom: Spatial Transmedia, Materiality and Participatory Cultures
Theme Park Fandom argues that serious study of theme parks and their adult fans has much to tell us about contemporary transmediality and convergence, themed and immersive spaces, and audience relatio...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
My book Theme Park Fandom is coming out in a much more affordable paperback edition. Pre-order here:
www.routledge.com/Theme-Park-F...
www.routledge.com/Theme-Park-F...
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#AO3 is turning 16! Look back with us on some of what we accomplished this year, and participate in our anniversary fanwork prompt! Learn more at otw-news.org/yckt835x #AO3Celebrates16
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
#AO3 is turning 16! Look back with us on some of what we accomplished this year, and participate in our anniversary fanwork prompt! Learn more at otw-news.org/yckt835x #AO3Celebrates16
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Our November piece is live! ✨ @mossheadlives.bsky.social writes about text-based roleplaying in fandom—and about using these existing characters to explore their gender identity.
Read the piece or listen to an audio version (and check out the gorgeous art by @thebeanbaguette.bsky.social):
Read the piece or listen to an audio version (and check out the gorgeous art by @thebeanbaguette.bsky.social):
Alternate Universes — Fansplaining
Through fandom text-based roleplaying, I’ve lived so many other lives—and experienced so many other bodies.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Our November piece is live! ✨ @mossheadlives.bsky.social writes about text-based roleplaying in fandom—and about using these existing characters to explore their gender identity.
Read the piece or listen to an audio version (and check out the gorgeous art by @thebeanbaguette.bsky.social):
Read the piece or listen to an audio version (and check out the gorgeous art by @thebeanbaguette.bsky.social):