Journal of Fandom Studies 8.2 is out now
Intellect is happy to announce that Journal of Fandom Studies 8.2 is out now!
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Aims & Scopes
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 8.2
Articles
‘Get out of my fandom, newbie’: A cross-fandom study of elitism and gatekeeping in fans
COURTNEY N. PLANTE, STEPHEN REYSEN, DANIEL CHADBORN, SHARON E. ROBERTS AND KATHLEEN C. GERBASI
McDreamy is McDead: Fan responses to a parasocial break-up
VALERIE ELLEN KRETZ
#PLLQueerTheory: Fans’ reactions to queer representation in Pretty Little Liars
SARA K. DAY AND SUMMER MELODY PENNELL
Affective fidelity and schadenfreude: Fans and the adaptation of Game of Thrones’ Red Wedding
ANDREA BENYON
‘Fansens’ are waving through a window: Exploring the Dear Evan Hansen fan phenomenon
JARROD WALCZER AND DEREK E. BAIRD
Book Review
Anti-Fandom: Dislike and Hate in the Digital Age, Melissa A. Click (ed.) (2018)
ZACHARY SHELDON
