Fan communities — fight or lead? the political potential of modern fan culture
The border between virtual space and real life is getting thinner: digital technologies are used everywhere, and virtual communities are increasingly influencing real economic and political life. China began an active struggle with fan communities in 2021, where fan clubs and the popularity of “idols” formed an alternative social force capable of ...
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Football fan movement through the prism of modern sports’ ethics [PDF]
В статье раскрывается структура и выявляются проблемы футбольного фанатского движения. Описывается этика взаимоотношений фанатов с различными представителями спортивного сообщества.In article the structure reveals and problems of the football fan ...
Yagodin, V. V., Ягодин, В. В.
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Liquid‐phase transmission electron microscopy enables direct observation of nucleation and growth processes in solution. This review is dedicated to the remembrance of Helmut Cölfen and highlights recent studies on complex materials—oxides, biominerals, organic–inorganic crystals—which were central to his research activity. It summarizes key milestones,
Charles Sidhoum +5 more
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Sense or sensibility? Exploring the motivations behind fandom nationalism expression in China
Organized fandom has become a defining feature of contemporary subculture, sociocultural dynamics, and even political discourse. In China, however, direct interaction between fan communities and the political sphere remains relatively limited, except in ...
Jie Lan, Moniza Waheed, Rosmiza Bidin
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Phelps, William, b. 1982 (FA 790) [PDF]
Finding aid and full text paper (click Additional Files below) for Folklife Archives Project 790. This collection features a term paper about the fan community surrounding director George A. Romero and his multiple films.
Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &
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Artificial Intelligence as the Next Visionary in Liquid Crystal Research
The functions of AI in the research laboratory are becoming increasingly sophisticated, allowing the entire process of hypothesis formulation, material design, synthesis, experimental design, and reiterative testing to be automated. In our work, we conceive how the incorporation of AI in the laboratory environment will transform the role and ...
Mert O. Astam +2 more
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Playing with the dead:transmedia narratives and the Walking Dead games [PDF]
This chapter discusses the theory and practice of transmedia narratives within the storyworld created by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard’s comics series The Walking Dead.
Austin, Hailey, Donald, Iain
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From Bug to Feature: Harnessing Cross‐Sensitivity for Multiparametric Luminescence Sensing
Cross‐sensitivity in luminescence sensing is reframed from a limitation into a resource for multiparametric detection. Using ruby microspheres as a model system, cross‐sensitivity is quantitatively assessed and exploited through linear discriminant analysis, enabling simultaneous, correction‐free pressure and temperature sensing with a single ...
Nikita Panov +5 more
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On symposia: LiveJournal and the shape of fannish discourse
Fandom has changed dramatically as the primary medium for fan discussion has shifted from mailing lists to LiveJournal. Decentralization and spaces focussed on individuals rather than topics have created changes such as a stronger knowledge in peripheral
Rebecca Lucy Busker
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A grounded theory of football fan community identity and co-production: Consumer roles in brand culture, meaning, and value co-creation in virtual communities [PDF]
This study theorizes why and how consumers consume. Using a combined methodology, drawing upon Netnography and Grounded Theory, to study an online fan forum called RedAndWhiteKop, this thesis considers brand culture/meaning and value co-creation.
Healy, Jason C.
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