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Jump off the Bandwagon? Characterizing Bandwagon Fans’ Future Loyalty in Online NBA Fan Communities
Online user dynamics has been actively studied in recent years and bandwagon behavior is one of the most representative topics which can provide valuable insights for user identity change. Many previous studies have characterized bandwagon users and leveraged such characteristics to tackle practical problems such as community loyalty prediction ...
Wang, Yichen, Lv, Qin
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An interview with Henry Jenkins focussing on Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC), the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW), and Jenkins' academic research into fan and participatory cultures.
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Jane Austen fan fiction and the situated fantext: the example of Pamela Aidan's Fitzwilliam darcy, gentleman [PDF]
Building on recent findings in the field of fan fiction studies, I claim that Pamela Aidan’s Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman is indirectly influenced by three cultural phenomena which centre around Jane Austen and her work.
Van Steenhuyse, Veerle
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Paralympic cultures: disability as paradigm [PDF]
This is an article about the Paralympic Games of summer 2012 and the experience of watching them. It rehearses the use of disability as political and cultural identity in relation to theatre and performance studies. Disability identity is not an identity
Conroy, Colette
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Evolutionarily divergent DUF4465 domains have a common vitamin B12‐binding function
We show that DUF4465 family proteins, widespread across bacteria from gut microbiomes, hydrothermal vents, and soil, share a common vitamin B12‐binding function. These augmented β‐jellyroll proteins bind vitamin B12 via extended loops. Our findings establish sequence‐diverse DUF4465 proteins as a widespread class of B12‐binding proteins, highlighting ...
Charlea Clarke +4 more
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Nothing but Net: When cultures collide
A brief overview of Web 2.0's convergence culture and its effects on fandom, including the beginnings of the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW).
Cathy Cupitt
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Value of MRI Outcomes for Preventive and Early‐Stage Trials in Spinocerebellar Ataxias 1 and 3
ABSTRACT Objective To examine the value of MRI outcomes as endpoints for preventive and early‐stage trials of two polyglutamine spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs). Methods A cohort of 100 participants (23 SCA1, 63 SCA3, median Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) score = 5, 42% preataxic, and 14 gene‐negative controls) was scanned at 3T up ...
Thiago J. R. Rezende +26 more
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Interview with Wincon organizer Ethrosdemon
TWC interviews Ethrosdemon on Wincon, its functions, and its origins.
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In this paper the author focuses mainly on the impact of new media on young people – members of subcultures and fan communities. The first part is about the general phenomenon of new media, what includes convergence culture and remix culture. Second part
Aleksandra Rybacka
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Fan Binding as a Method of Fan Work Preservation
Efforts in fan work preservation have increased in recent years, both from fan collaboration with institutional archival collections and through fan-run digital archives.
Kimberly Kennedy
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