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Understanding Fandom
Understanding Fandom: An Introduction to the Study of Media Fan Culture | Mark Duffett
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Fans used to be seen as an overly obsessed fraction of the audience. In the last few decades, shifts in media technology and production have instead made fandom a central mode of consumption. A range of ideas has emerged to explore different facets of this growing phenomenon. With a foreword by Matt Hills, Understanding Fandom introduces the whole field of fan research by looking at the history of debate, key paradigms and methodological issues. The book discusses insights from scholars working with fans of different texts, genres and media forms, including television and popular music. Mark Duffett shows that fan research is an emergent interdisciplinary field with its own key thinkers: a tradition that is distinct from both textual analysis and reception studies. Drawing on a range of debates from media studies, cultural studies and psychology, Duffett argues that fandom is a particular kind of engagement with the power relations of media culture.
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Foragingfantasy
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1. Han Solo
2. 10 hands down. Allons-y
3. I‘ve only seen a few episodes but, Khaleesi.
4. None. I detest them all.
5. Rizzo the rat 🤣
#fandomfriday

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DGRachel
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#FandomFriday
1️⃣ Leia (whether Princess or General - I love her)
2️⃣ Ten! (Followed closely by Nine and Four)
3️⃣ Toss up between Mr. You Know Nothing and the Mother of Dragons 🐉
4️⃣ the original
5️⃣ Statler and Waldorf 😍

LibrarianRyan Great muppet choice. Snarky and in refined. 6y
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FantasyChick
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Wanted to attempt to do some shopping for my #potterheadswap match today. Discovered Hot Topic. No good can come from this.
#shutupandtakemymoney

RainyDayReading Hot Topic is soooo dangerous. But I love that place so much! 7y
FantasyChick @RainyDayReading It's sooooo great! We just had a store open about an hour away from me so I might just have to stop in this weekend and see how dangerous it is when I'm not behind a computer 😂 7y
RainyDayReading @FantasyChick It‘s just as dangerous in store as it is online, trust me haha 🤣 Last time I was in I scored a set of dragon handled makeup brushes! Problem is I don‘t even know how to use them. But they were so cool! And dragons. 7y
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DGRachel
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@litmuggle I can't pick just five - how about top 11? I'm sure I've missed something, too.

#top5fandoms

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I completely understand! 7y
litmuggle Love it I know I should have made it top dozen 7y
Heretherebedragons All excellent choices. 7y
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dariazeoli
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I don't want to be a Sparklepire! 😁

Read4life Sparklepire 🤣🤣 7y
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GondorGirl
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1. Harry Potter. That's not even a question.
2. BBC. Or the original source material.
3. 11.
4. I'm pretty sure the last book is just going to be a huge blizzard where the snow kills everyone.
5. Heralds of Valdemar by Mercedes Lackey! An amazing fantasy series with strong female characters, court intrigue, talking animals, LGBT representation, and lots of feels.

needleminding I was just telling my partner that I need some sci-fi and fantasy recommendations. Thanks for sharing! 7y
needleminding Also I agree the first is not even a real question. 😄 7y
GondorGirl @jaimeisbionic The Valdemar books started in the late 70s and she's still writing them. There are, like, 30 in all. Most are trilogies within the series that can be read in any order. If recommend The Last Herald Mage trilogy or the Arrows of the Queen trilogy for starters. 7y
needleminding Thank you! I noticed when I did a search that there seemed to be... a lot. 😮😁 7y
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Read4life
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#fandomfriday

1️⃣ Harry⚡️
2️⃣There's room for Benedict & Jonny in my life!
3️⃣ The one who played Barty Crouch Jr. in Goblet of Fire (only one I know because I don't watch it)
4️⃣ Don't watch this either.
5️⃣ I love the Supernatural books. I don't see much about the books despite how popular the series and cast are.

LibrarianJen David Tennant is the Dr. you are referring to. 7y
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xicanti
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#FandomFriday
1. Harry Potter
2. Elementary all the way
3. Ten
4. I tapped out a couple seasons back, so no idea
5. Sarah Monette's Doctrine of Labyrinths is my favourite series, but I run into very few people who've heard of it, let alone read it. :(

@jenniferw88

Ysabet re: #5, I know it! :) It's been years since I've read it, though. 7y
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