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

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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)

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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)

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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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Telling Your Toy Story: Fans’ Storytelling Practice in Shanghai Disneyland

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Telling Your Toy Story: Fans’ Storytelling Practice in Shanghai Disneyland

It was 4AM in Shanghai, and a group of people in colorful clothing suddenly appeared. They were headed for a magical place: Shanghai Disneyland. They were up so early to wait in line for hours in order to get their hands on limited series products and to meet the characters – some, like Mulan, from major films but others, like LinaBell, solely from a toy line – in the park. This might seem extraordinary, but it’s actually an everyday occurrence—let’s talk about it.

This post is part of a themed series on toys that asked contributors to think about a toy/toys/toy company and explore how various cultures, groups, audiences, or companies find and make meaning (or money) through such play.

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On Parasocial Relationships with Professional Athletes

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On Parasocial Relationships with Professional Athletes

My family have always been fans of the Philadelphia Eagles. To most Philadelphians, being an Eagles fan means more than just supporting our favorite football team: it’s a lifestyle. So when my sister brought home an Odell Beckham, Jr. jersey several years ago, I was mortified. It wasn’t until years later that I realized she had recognized something crucial about the changing landscape of American sports fandom: people invest a lot more into individual players today than they have in the past.

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