With music consumption now widespread, affordable, and accessible, music fandom has become less about consuming and more about spending as a demonstration of superfandom. As a result, scarce experienc...

Music marketers are pretending to be stans on social media to help manufacture hype for their artist clients – and real fans are starting to wise up

The sport sponsorship landscape includes companies promoting controversial products, such as gambling, alcohol, fast food, and soft drinks. Despite widespread concerns, limited research has examine...

The Routledge Companion to Immersive Arts and Media is an essential guide to one of the most dynamic and rapidly evolving sectors within the contemporary creative cultural industries. Bringing togethe...

For Bustle's Fan Fiction Week, five readers share their stories about how fanfics taught them all about intimacy and identity.

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The concert experience extends beyond the performances on stage for fans. At concerts, fans not only demonstrate a growing interest in purchasing official merchandise, but also engage in the produc...

This article examines how K-pop dolls materialize what might otherwise be ephemeral experiences into objects that can be possessed and shared among fans, thereby expanding possibilities for community ...

This study investigated the relationship between celebrity worship and body dysmorphic symptoms among 1,081 adolescent female K-pop fans. We examined body image disturbance and self-objectification...

This qualitative social media study investigates how Chinese football fans discussed gender‑related athlete activism and the sexual harassment scandal (‘kissgate’) involving Spanish player Jenni He...

People describe their return to physical media – whether to protect data, support artists, or retain control of one’s choices

Export of Meaning ( Liebes and Katz, 1990 and 1993) demonstrates the importance of

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For fangame creators, the work they develop and the communities they inspire are inextricably tied.

This chapter explores the application of American sports communication strategies to foster a fanbase for sporting events in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Using the Participatory Culture Theory, the...

Naomi Jacobs The work collected in this book, I hope, demonstrates the breadth of possibilities that begin to emerge when design research and fan studies a

With her new edited collection Bridging Design and Fandom: Fan Studies and Design Research in Conversation, Naomi Jacobs (Design, School of Arts, Lancaster University) opens new...

Abstract. Design is a vital element of fandom and participatory cultures. By producing fan art, Fanfiction and costumes, fans not only express their passio

This article explores the role of online fan translation in the cross-cultural consumption and dissemination of popular culture through a case study of the prod...

Nico Tortorella, Jake Lively, Katelyn Rose, and author Sierra Simone discuss ReelShort's groundbreaking Lyonesse Trilogy adaptation.

Hustle culture and the content creator economy are poising the Pokémon fandom.

Abstract. Videogames, once a niche pastime, have become a widely popular and culturally embedded practice that brings together diverse communities of fans.

The advent of the Internet age has brought with it works of fan fiction that have grown rapidly, presenting new developmental characteristics and a community of fans who are equally invested in the...

Abstract. This chapter explores how sustainable development frameworks and insight gained from Traditional Knowledge systems might provide pathways to grea

In this blog post, Evgenia Amey and Fabienne Silberstein-Bamford outline their research on fanfiction based on The Elder Scrolls game series. They observe how fan writers narrativize gameplay and i…

Abstract. Screen tourism has become a well-established area of research given the role that films and television shows play in driving visitors to specific

Research demonstrates how false film industry beliefs about the supposed commercial unviability of racially diverse actors have hindered racial casting equality. This article, based on thematic discou...

The production of Korean TV dramas has doubled in numbers and quadrupled in scale in less than a decade (2016 – 2023) with the rise of global and local streaming video on demand services (SVODs). This...

With chapters written by interdisciplinary scholars from across Asia, this book decolonizes the field of Celebrity Studies through an Asia-centric approach to u…