Posts Tagged ‘ fandom ’

“Bodies” That Matter

October 20, 2015
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“Bodies” That Matter

In part three of a limited series on Cupcakes, Pinterest, and Ladyporn, contributor Kyra Hunting outlines the anthology's "Bodies" section in order to argue that critical consideration for women's media cultures facilitates a deeper understanding of embodiment in relation to community practices, self-presentation, and technology.
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Why Superhero Movies Suck, Part II

September 11, 2015
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Why Superhero Movies Suck, Part II

In the second installment of his two-part series on the state of comic book film adaptations, Mark Gallagher critiques their exploitation of fans' good will, as will as the strain it places on media industry talent and trade coverage.
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Why Superhero Movies Suck, Part I

September 10, 2015
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Why Superhero Movies Suck, Part I

In part one of a two-part series on the state of comic book film and television franchises, Mark Gallagher criticizes their exploitation of esoterica and origin stories.
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“We Know More About You Than You’d Like”: Podcasts and High-Status Fandom

September 2, 2015
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“We Know More About You Than You’d Like”: Podcasts and High-Status Fandom

Mark Lashley notes the rise of fan podcasts within the comedy community by discussing Adam Scott and Scott Aukerman's U Talkin' U2 To Me, and the ways in which performances of fandom are complicated by the hosts' celebrity and industry connections.
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Love for the Fannish Archive: Fuller’s Hannibal as Fanfiction

August 25, 2015
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Love for the Fannish Archive: Fuller’s <i>Hannibal</i> as Fanfiction

In positioning the series as fan fiction, Hannibal show runner Bryan Fuller and his team claim the identity and ethos of the feminine-gendered fan, a position that allows them to intertextually and ardently acknowledge both the practices and the affect of its primarily female fandom.
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In Memoriam: Peg Lynch and Her Records of Broadcast History

August 3, 2015
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In Memoriam: Peg Lynch and Her Records of Broadcast History

Peg Lynch, creator and star of Ethel and Albert, recently passed away at the age of 98. Her contributions to radio and early television may not be well known, but materially this forgotten show exists.
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Crowdfunding: Looking Beyond Kickstarter

Crowdfunding: Looking Beyond Kickstarter

Everybody knows about Kickstarter, which is considered to be world’s most popular crowdfunding platform; however, Kickstarter is only one of an estimated number of over 1,000 platforms worldwide. Patryk Galuszka and Blanka Brzozowska look at MegaTotal, a music-oriented platform implementing a significantly different model than Kickstarter.
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Digital Tools for Television Historiography, Part III

June 9, 2015
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Digital Tools for Television Historiography, Part III

In the third post in our "Digital Tools" series, Elana Levine discusses how she manages audio-visual sources for her extensive research project on the history of U.S. daytime television soap opera.
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The Wire, Freddie Gray, and Collective Social Action

April 28, 2015
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<i>The Wire</i>, Freddie Gray, and Collective Social Action

Why hasn’t The Wire, which showed us how structural racism and an abusive police department defines black life in Baltimore, translated into collective social action? Why are there only thousands in the streets? Where are the millions of fans of The Wire? And why aren’t they supporting black folks in Baltimore?
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The Formation of a Bootleg Radio Fan Culture

The Formation of a Bootleg Radio Fan Culture

Eleanor Patterson explores the history of hobbyists who collected and traded recordings of classic radio programs in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, considering the cultural significance of a US bootleg radio culture.
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“It’s Approximately 500 Times More Fun to Watch Downton Abbey in a Crowd”: Exploring the Downton Abbey Phenomenon

January 30, 2015
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“It’s Approximately 500 Times More Fun to Watch <i>Downton Abbey</i> in a Crowd”: Exploring the <i>Downton Abbey</i> Phenomenon

As season five of Downton Abbey airs in the U.S., Twin Cities Public Television’s rebranding efforts inspire an exploration of the expansive U.S. public television phenomenon.
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Star Wars Now: Fan Creativity and That Trailer

December 17, 2014
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Star Wars Now: Fan Creativity and <i>That</i> Trailer

As a researcher, the rich and creative fandom discursively surrounding a text that does-not-quite-exist yet provides a mélange of data.
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Downloading Serial (part 3)

November 10, 2014
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Downloading <i>Serial</i> (part 3)

How do forensic fandom practices work when applied to a serialized non-fiction mystery?
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The Guardians of Good Taste: Critics and the “Fanboy” Menace

August 5, 2014
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The Guardians of Good Taste: Critics and the “Fanboy” Menace

Why do critics claim that only "fanboys" can make sense of Guardians of the Galaxy?
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DashCon Discourses: Through a Feminist Lens

July 16, 2014
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DashCon Discourses: Through a Feminist Lens

Beyond the negative discourse generated by the recent DashCon convention are the con's more neglected, productive aspects for female and queer youth.
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