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Showing 1 to 20 of 103 for “"fandom"”.
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Fandom and beyond: online community, culture and Kevin Smith fandom
… has most been paid. Yet the assumption that fandom can be defined by such explicit practices can be dangerous because of the subjective nature of respective fan cultures. Presenting a fan culture that questions the “assumed” nature of fandom and fan practices, this thesis is an examination of …
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Orienting fandom: the discursive production of sports and speculative media fandom in the Internet era
… participatory relationship to the object of fandom, the shift to a norm of media interactivity would seem to position the fan as the new ideal consumer; thus, I examine the extent to which fans are actually rendered ideal and in what ways in order to assess emerging norms of media reception …
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Effect of Fandom on Sports Gambling
… was to investigate the relationship between fandom and betting. The hypothesis was that sports fans who gambled on their favorite teams would be more likely to make irrational decisions based more closely on emotional attachment than logical thinking. A total of 191 fans of the Chicago Bears …
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Fantastic religion : fandom as religious practice
… the theoretical and tangible implications of fandom as a meaningful category within the field of Religious Studies and to illuminate a theoretical framework based in functionalist definitions of religion as a tool for fan studies analysis. Religion encompasses the processes by which …
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The play-element of football fandom: reframing the fluidity of fan identity projects within the post-fandom era
… a number of original contributions to football fandom and fan identity projects by exploring the construction and development of fan identity, within the dynamic environment of what is conceptualized as post-fandom. The performative-dimension of football fandom allows fans to satisfy a number of …
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Web of words : poetry, fandom and globality
… as those between writer and reader, high art and fandom, and between metropole and margin, even as it often seems rooted in this logic. While print-culture and literary values are often conflated, this new kind of platform celebrates poetry using the interactive and participatory possibilities of …
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Bluey And Adult Fandom: The Importance Of Play In Culture
… appeal to millennials, and the online fandom that these millennials have formed. The thesis outlines a brief history of media aimed at children and families, starting with the children’s matinees of the 1930s to children’s educational media of the 1960s through the 2000s with shows like …
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‘Elvis ain’t dead!’ an investigation into identification, fandom and religion
… between the three concepts of identification, fandom and religion by drawing on the phenomenally rich tapestry of Elvis fan culture. This investigation was achieved by the filmmaker’s immersion, as a non-fan, into the private world of the fan through encounters with several Elvis Tribute …
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Inclusion in fandom : how Harry Potter fans rhetorically create representation.
Drawing on Jenkins' concept of textual poachers, this thesis looks at how Harry Potter fans rhetorically invent representation by drawing on aspects of the original story and reinterpreting them in more inclusive ways. I examine how fans use fanfiction to depict and normalize LGBTQ+ representation, …
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Keeping the Magic: Fursona Identity and Performance in the Furry Fandom
… subculture (also known as the anthropomorphic fandom) creates identity through anthropomorphism and therianthropy. Anthropomorphism is the giving of human traits to the non-human. Therianthropy is the giving of animal traits to the human. Through play and creating art, these individuals of the …
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Interrogating tweendom online: ‘Fangirl as Pathology’, gender/age, and iCarly fandom
… to counter perceptions of the ‘pathology of fandom’ and the devaluation of fans as feminine and infantile. In recent years, some scholars have claimed that fans are newly normalised in popular culture, and it is no longer necessary to contest problematic or pathologising stereotypes of fans. …
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A Study of Retirement Transition and Fandom of Retired Hockey Players
The purpose of this study was to understand and explore the retirement transition of professional men’s hockey players. Specifically, the research examined the role athlete identity theory has this important period of their lives (Brewer et al., 1993). Previous research has heavily ignored studying …
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Playing outside the box: cosplay, fandom creativity, and transformative media engagement
… visible expression of contemporary media fandom. Its multifaceted practice revolves around recreating the appearance of fictional characters in costume. This interdisciplinary project offers a thorough examination of the subject from three separate methodological angles. Practice research, …
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"Fandom and Co-Production in King of the Dot's Battle Rap Scene."
… the labour and agency present in battle rap fandom.
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Factors That Influence Team Identification: Sport Fandom and the Need for Affiliation
… University. Participants completed the Sport Fandom Questionnaire (SFQ) and were randomly assigned one of two scenarios where they were asked to transcribe two memories based upon their scenario. Then participants filled out the Need for Affiliation Scale (nAff) to assess whether the scenarios …
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DC unmade: failure, fandom and the Justice League films that could have been
Unmade films have received little attention as a general category, and this is doubly so for unmade superhero genre projects. The fact that these unfilms are failures in otherwise vibrant action franchises has typically led to their elision from canonical narratives. In studying two of the many …
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A League of Their Own: an Exploration of Fandom, Identity, and Political Behavior
This dissertation examines political fandom as a dimension of political social identity, investigating its relationships with political participation, social media engagement, and affective polarization. Scholarship has long analyzed partisan and ideological beliefs through Social Identity Theory, …
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“I Pledge Allegiance”: Examining Motivations for Sport Fanship and Fandom in the American South
… exist in the formation of collegiate fanship and fandom. Through a mixed-method approach, this dissertation provides an in-depth examination into the motivations individuals have when establishing allegiances for collegiate sports teams. Through a qualitative investigation of 20 interviews of …
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Fandom & Social Media: SFF Authors & The Publishing Industry [Science Fiction & Fantasy]
The phenomenon of online book communities forming on social media was significantly accelerated by the Covid-19 Pandemic. The popularity of book-related content on social platforms over the last five years, and the phenomenon of online word of mouth bringing back into demand mid- or backlist …
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