Frames of Fandom: An Interview on Fandom as Audience (Part Three)

Frames of Fandom: An Interview on Fandom as Audience (Part Three)

Henry Jenkins and Robert Kozinets recently released the second book, Fandom as Audience, in their Frames of Fandom book series. The ambitious project will release 14 books on various aspects of fandom over the next few years. A key goal of the project is to explore the different ways that different disciplines, especially cultural studies and consumer culture research, have examined fandom as well as the ways fandom studies intersects with a broad range of intellectual debates, from those surrounding the place of religion in contemporary culture or the nature of affect to those surrounding subcultures or the public sphere. Pop Junctions asked two leading fandom scholars, Paul Booth and Rukmini Pande, editors of the Fandom Primer series at Bloomsbury, to frame some questions for Jenkins and Kozinets. Here is Part Three of this dialogue.

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Frames of Fandom: An interview on Fandom as Audience (Part Two)

Frames of Fandom: An interview on Fandom as Audience (Part Two)

Henry Jenkins and Robert Kozinets recently released the second book, Fandom as Audience, in their Frames of Fandom book series. The ambitious project will release 14 books on various aspects of fandom over the next few years. A key goal of the project is to explore the different ways that different disciplines, especially cultural studies and consumer culture research, have examined fandom as well as the ways fandom studies intersects with a broad range of intellectual debates, from those surrounding the place of religion in contemporary culture or the nature of affect to those surrounding subcultures or the public sphere. Pop Junctions asked two leading fandom scholars, Paul Booth and Rukmini Pande, editors of the Fandom Primer series at Bloomsbury, to frame some questions for Jenkins and Kozinets. Here is Part Two of this dialogue.

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Frames of Fandom: An Interview on Fandom as Audience (Part One)

Frames of Fandom: An Interview on Fandom as Audience (Part One)

Henry Jenkins and Robert Kozinets recently released the second book in their Frames of Fandom series, Fandom as Audience. The ambitious project will release 14 books on various aspects of fandom over the next few years. A key goal of the project is to explore the different ways that different disciplines, especially cultural studies and consumer culture research, have examined fandom as well as the ways fandom studies intersects with a broad range of intellectual debates, from those surrounding the place of religion in contemporary culture or the nature of affect to those surrounding subcultures or the public sphere. Pop Junctions asked two leading fandom scholars, Paul Booth and Rukmini Pande, editors of the Fandom Primer series at Bloomsbury, to frame some questions for Jenkins and Kozinets. Here is Part One of this dialogue.

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Should We Buy a Gun? Henry Jenkins Interviews Dave Cowen

Should We Buy a Gun? Henry Jenkins Interviews Dave Cowen

I recently read a graphic novel, Should We Buy a Gun? (2025) by Dave Cowen, who uses the comic medium to explore a variety of perspectives on the issues raised by the book’s title. It centers on a progressive couple who starts to have doubts about any opposition to gun ownership when they become victims of a random street crime, which shakes their fundamental sense of security. Through engagement with a broad range of perspectives from friends, family, and coworkers, the characters learn that the question is far more complex than any simple position – right or left, pro or anti – can account for. The book doesn’t give us any answers; it is simply skiing questions, but my bet is that you will leave it less certain of your own stance than you were before reading it. This post is an interview with the author Dave Cowen.

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From Transmedia to Immersive Worlds: An Interview with Dr. Carlos A. Scolari on the Evolution of Media and the Future of Storytelling

From Transmedia to Immersive Worlds:  An Interview with Dr. Carlos A. Scolari on the Evolution of Media and the Future of Storytelling

Renata Frade interviews Carlos A. Scolari, an eminent media theorist focused on digital interfaces, media ecology /evolution and interactive communication. Read to understand how "transmedia" might be going the way of "multimedia," how contemporary media is evolving, and to learn more about major research projects on teenage media engagement and platform labor in Spain.

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Immersive Ways of Live Storytelling Through Challenging Transmedia Universes: Rodrigo Terra Interviewed by Renata Frade and Bruno Valente Pimentel

Immersive Ways of Live Storytelling Through Challenging Transmedia Universes: Rodrigo Terra Interviewed by Renata Frade and Bruno Valente Pimentel

Scholar Renata Frade interviews transmedia and AR/VR creator, scholar, and entrepreneur Rodrigo Terra and mobile apps developer and VFX editor Bruno Valente Pimetel. They share insights on the history and future of transmedia and AR/VR work in Brazil as well as internationally, with examples like VR immersive narrative The Line and game universe Pixel Ripped.

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Catherine D´Ignazio and Lauren Klein Interviewed by Renata Frade: The Future of Tech Feminism in the Present with Artificial Intelligence and Storytelling

Catherine D´Ignazio and Lauren Klein Interviewed by Renata Frade: The Future of Tech Feminism in the Present with Artificial Intelligence and Storytelling

Renata Frade interviews the authors of Data Feminism, Catherine D´Ignazio and Lauren Klein, to see what impact the book has had in academia and society both. Feminist approaches to data and technology are more necessary than ever in a society where artificial intelligence threatens another round of making the same mistakes.

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