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Generations, migrations, and the future of fandom's private spaces
Transformative Works and Cultures, 2018 An exploration of old versus young fandom indicates that this divide is fueled by shifting norms encouraged by migration across online platforms, with changes that focus on conflicting norms around the publicness of fandom.
Brianna Dym, Casey Fiesler
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Lesbian Fandom Remakes the Boy Band
Transformative 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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Love Me for a Reason: An Autoethnographic Account of Boyzone Fandom [PDF]
IASPM Journal, 2016 Fan scholars such as Matt Hills have argued that fannish interests can become relevant and irrelevant at different times during a fan’s life. Combining insights from popular music and fan studies, in this article we use an auto-ethnographic approach to ...
Simone Driessen, Bethan Jones
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From Hoops to Hope: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Political Fandom on Twitter
International Journal of Communication, 2022 The study uses political discourse on Twitter as political texts to evidence how Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s political fandom is fueled by affective structures of power, resistance, gendered power dynamics, political ideologies, culture, hope, and ...
Nathian Shae Rodriguez, Nadia Goretti
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Discourse is the new wank: A reflection on linguistic change in fandom
Transformative Works and Cultures, 2018 A survey disseminated April 13–16, 2017, revealed statistically significant differences in the definitions of various slang terms found in old (LiveJournal-based) and new (Tumblr-based) fandom.
Lily Winterwood
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THE LANGUAGE OF PEACE AND WAR: UKRAINIAN FANDOM ON THE WAY TO SELF-IDENTIFICATION
Епістемологічні дослідження у філософії, соціальних і політичних наукахThe article discusses the peculiarities of the functioning of Ukrainian fantasy fandom as well as its transformations related to two main aspects: 1) from “the old” fandom to the new one and 2) from the ordinary forms of existence during the peaceful ...
Сергій Валерійович ЛЕГЕЗА
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Evolutionary Psychology, 2010 Sport fandom has received considerable attention from social scientists, yet few have considered it from an evolutionary perspective. To redress this gap, we develop the hypothesis that team sports exhibit characteristics that activate mechanisms which ...
Benjamin Winegard, Robert O. Deaner
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Placing fandom, studying fans: Modified acafandom in practice
Transformative Works and Cultures, 2020 For nearly three decades, the field of fan studies has helped to shift the conversation on fandom from a study of pathological individuals to exploring how groups make use of and transform the contemporary media landscape. Fandom itself is also changing.
Abby Waysdorf
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PARTICIPATORY FANDOM OF ARMY BTS INDONESIA IN THE DIGITAL COMIC ON WEBTOON APPS
Journal Communication Spectrum, 2020 The development of technology, communication and information facilitates cultural exchange in individuals and groups. One form of the phenomenon of cultural exchange is K-Pop. K-Pop has given rise to presence of idol, fans and fandom.
Irwansyah, Annisa Fitriana Lestari
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Cutaneous Melanoma Drives Metabolic Changes in the Aged Bone Marrow Immune Microenvironment
Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, increasingly affects older adults. Our study reveals that melanoma induces changes in iron and lipid levels in the bone marrow, impacting immune cell populations and increasing susceptibility to ferroptosis.
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