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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"fandoms"”.
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An investigation into crime tourism, screen tourism and dark fandoms
Screen tourism, dark tourism and dark fandom are three growing fields of scholarship that have predominantly been explored in isolation. This study aims to extend knowledge in each of these areas and is the first to explore these interrelationships comprehensively. It employs a distinct …
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Violence, Paratexts, and Fandoms: The Walking Dead as a Societal Mirror
… on October 23rd, 2016. Focusing on paratexts, fandoms, and the violence/horror genre as the theoretical framework, the project highlights fans role in the contemporary age of television and provides insight into how much violence and gore is acceptable for fans of the genre. This project also …
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Beyond Subcultural Community: A Sociological Analysis of Japanese Animation Fans and Fandoms
… and an interpretive community, Jenkins reified fandoms as bounded, subcultural groups composed of nomadic readers. The current dissertation constitutes a powerful critique of this traditional approach to the study of media fandom. Through ethnographic research on Japanese animation fans in …
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Turning The Page: Fandoms, Multimodality, And The Transformation Of The 'comic Book' Superhero
<p>Superheroes are increasingly becoming more affiliated with film media than comic books. The amount of revenue generated, the formation of new fans, and the interests of comic publishers’ parent companies all suggest that superhero film adaptations are the medium most associated with the …
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Fan fiction, fandoms, and literature: or, why it’s time to pay attention to fan fiction
… age is the growing popularity and visibility of fandoms and their creation and dissemination of derivative works, such as fan fiction. While fan fiction in its modern form can easily be traced back to the early days of Star Trek and fan made "zines," it is now perhaps the most visible and well …
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A Great Time to Be a Nerd: A Phenomenological Study of Pop Culture Enthusiasts and Fandom
… media-based pop culture research involves niche fandoms. This study is important because it broadens the scope of the latter, aids to the dissolvement of associated stereotypes, and contributes to a third-wave movement of pop culture fandom research. Eight individuals were selected to participate …
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Análisis de la interacción de las comunidades digitales de streamers LGBTQ+ latinoamericanos en Twitch
… quienes cuentan con sus propios fandoms compuestos por otros usuarios con los que interactúan en cada una de sus transmisiones. A partir del conocimiento de estos factores, se analizó la interacción que tienen las comunidades digitales en los canales de streamers LGBTQ+ de la …
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Virtual vocal ensembles and the mediation of performance on YouTube
… online communities containing elements of fandoms, learning communities of practice, and music making spaces developed. Implications of the performance practice have effected the way the medium is situated within society as well as the way creators perform choral music and sing. For …