ALT: dr. evil from the movie dumb and dumber is sitting in a chair .

Jason Mohammad takes your calls on small boats, the British and Irish Lions and filming.

ALT: a cartoon pikachu wearing a hat and 3d glasses .

ALT: a cartoon pikachu wearing a hat and 3d glasses .

Abstract deadline: June 10th 2025 In 2025 the Pokémon franchise will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its debut in Japan and the fifth anniversary of its popular worldwide AR cell phone game Pokém…

This book provides a timely discussion of the creative practices in fandom and media culture. Within their participatory cultures, fans produce a wealth of content, data and materials. They write fan ...

The Dead Lesbian Syndrome, part of the Bury Your Gays trope, is characterized by the death of lesbian and bisexual women characters, and it undermines a sense of lesbian futures. This article argues t...

As prominent individual and institutional accounts eschew Twitter/X for new social media platforms, Bluesky is having a moment. Drawing on the experience of colleagues on the platform, Ned Potter, …

The number of technical trainees and what are known as specified skilled workers coming from India to Japan has been on the rise in recent years.

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Dear gamer, We are a research team from The University of Salford who are interested in the experiences of being a gamer. 1. About the Survey The following survey is part of a broader project called...

Others were wrong about Stravinsky’s score, but Walt Disney’s dinosaurs finally did the music justice.

This article argues for a pluralization of the “platform capitalism” framework, suggesting we should think instead in terms of “platform capitalisms.” This plur...

The study and analysis of creative fan production (e.g., fanfiction, fanart, cosplay, etc.) is a cornerstone of fandom studies. These practices enable fans to assert a level of authorship over their…