News

Intellect is happy to announce that Journal of Fandom Studies 7.3 is now available! 

For more information about the journal and issue, click here >> https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-fandom-studies

Aims & Scope

Journal of Fandom Studies seeks to offer scholars a dedicated, peer-reviewed publication that promotes current scholarship into the fields of fan and audience studies across a variety of media. We focus on the critical exploration, within a wide range of disciplines and fan cultures, of issues surrounding production and consumption of popular media (including film, music, television, sports and gaming).

Issue 7.3

Articles

‘I’m never gonna stop watching it’: The paradox of parasocial break-ups in a post-object era

HOLLY WILLSON HOLLADAY AND AMANDA NELL EDGAR

The female fan goes shopping: Satisfaction, involvement and utilitarian value when shopping for women’s Star Wars merchandise

MARY C. KING AND JESSICA L. RIDGWAY

Sexual participation within fan cultures: Considering a sex toy as a mode of reception for The Shape of Water

EDDIE FALVEY

Anti-fandom in the Xiaxue empire: A celebrity blogger and her haters

HATTIE LIEW

Fans vs. critics: Challenging critical authority through memes

ANTHONY SOEGITO