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"The fanfiction reader: Folk tales for the digital age," by Francesca Coppa

open access: yesTransformative Works and Cultures, 2018
Review of Francesca Coppa. The fanfiction reader: Folk tales for the digital age. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2017. Hardcover, $75.00 (304p) ISBN 978-0-472-07348-1; paper $29.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-472-05348-3; e-book $29.95.
Lorraine M. Dubuisson
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Lesbian Fandom Remakes the Boy Band

open access: yesTransformative Works and Cultures, 2020
Lesbians and other queer women are typically absent from theorizations of boy band fandom even though boy bands often have sizable lesbian fan bases. Lesbian fandom of the British–Irish boy band One Direction congregated primarily on Tumblr; this fandom ...
Jessica Pruett
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Acafan methodologies and giving back to the fan community

open access: yesTransformative Works and Cultures, 2021
In fan studies, researchers are encouraged to share their research with the fan communities they study, with some even suggesting that such a practice can be a way to ethically give back to the community.
Katja Lee
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Dark Sides of Engaging in Fan Community of Human Brand

open access: yesAsia Marketing Journal, 2014
People enthusiastic about human brands eagerly engage in fan communities to share their common interests with others. Although sharing one``s enthusiasm towards the same celebrities can give them positive senses of we-ness (in-group identity ...
Jeong Soo Han   +4 more
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Chuck versus the ratings: Savvy fans and "save our show" campaigns

open access: yesTransformative Works and Cultures, 2014
Fans rarely have the opportunity to affect the production of their favorite television shows, but sometimes they can save them. "Save our show" campaigns provide an example of fan labor that can influence the decision to renew or cancel a show.
Christina Savage
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Socio-Political Communication in Fan Communities: Network Resources in Regional Siberian Sports Fan Communities

open access: yesBulletin of Kemerovo State University. Series: Political, Sociological and Economic sciences
Fan communities are a socio-political resource capable of mobilizing public initiatives and movements, especially on the regional scale. Research interest in sports fan communities is steadily growing because the fan movement has established itself as a political force.
Evgeny Golovatsky, Pavel Gvozdilov
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Twinship, incest, and twincest in the Harry Potter universe

open access: yesTransformative Works and Cultures, 2014
Among the large group of Harry Potter fans who write their own stories about the boy wizard, his friends, and his foes, and publish them on the Internet, some are interested in the exploration of the erotic and romantic bond between identical twins ...
Vera Cuntz-Leng
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From the edges to the center: Disability, Battlestar Galactica, and fan fiction

open access: yesTransformative Works and Cultures, 2010
As a fan of Battlestar Galactica, I was intrigued by the inclusion of disabled main characters, but disappointed by the show's resolution of their stories. Fan fiction, provided an alternate way to talk about these concerns, although many works fetishize
Sasha_feather
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Translation by fans for fans : organization and practices in a Spanish-language community of scanla

open access: yesBiD: textos universitaris de biblioteconomia i documentaci�, 2017
Objective: To describe the organization and literacy practices of a Spanish-speaking scanlation community (a group of fans who collaborate on the Internet to scan, translate and distribute mangas) by examining the community members’ roles and activities, the online environments in which they work and the resources they use.
Valero Porras, María José   +1 more
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On a Class of Ky Fan-Type Inequalities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In this paper, we study one class of Ky Fan-type inequalities, which has ties with the original Ky Fan inequality.
Gao, Peng
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