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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...

This chapter examines the evolution of transmedia horror networks within contemporary digital culture, arguing that these spaces have transformed the genre into

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Fandom studies and design are both relatively young disciplines both of which are familiar with interdisciplinarity, and with co-production and participati

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...

D. A. Miller introduced the concept of dubiety in his analysis of Hitchcock’s Rope to express the ways in which we construct queerness via doubt in film. Hannibal (NBC) took this dubiety/doubt and dou...

LGBTQIA+ individuals face discrimination and minority stress, causing social isolation, which can negatively affect mental health, identity development, and relationships. Creative arts therapists ...

The Danmei Culture in Chinese Media and Society offers groundbreaking comprehensive mapping of the Chinese danmei (boys love) cultural ecology, tracing its

Since the 1960s, independent artists have incorporated multimedia formats into their works. With the first example documented as multimedia art by Bobb Goldsteinn in 1966, the concept spread across th...

Resistance, Subversion, and Community

A controversial anonymous document exposing Claude remnants in fics has collided with a fandom culture of production at hyper-speed.

This chapter looks at social media influencers through the eyes of their fans. Fans are becoming of increasing importance and value to social media influencers;

Co-organized by CETT, the International Conference on Literary and Film Tourism provides a forum for discussion and reflection on the potential of literary and film tourism to foster regional developm...

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Queer Women’s Fandoms: Across Screens, Borders, and Desires brings together new research that rethinks what queer women’s fandoms are and why they matter now. Fan communities where homoeroticism is cr...

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Shame is an existentially threatening emotion that challenges extant theories of television reception and fandom. As a feminist and a fan of Bravo’s occu-soap B...

This article critically examines the concept of “Swiftonomics”, widely used in media and policy discourse to describe the economic and cultural impact of Taylor Swift. For cultural policy, it is im...

Turning reading into research: Researching literature through its reception.Research Methods in Literary Reception Studies is the first handbook that offers a systematic, hands-on guide to the study.....

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