Essays about: "Fan-studies"

Found 4 essays containing the word Fan-studies.

1. 1. Conjunction of the spheres. The struggle for hegemony in the English language online reception of Netflix adaption: The Witcher.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

   Author : Sarah R. Kern; [2024-02-06]
   Keywords : Production reception; Hegemony; Discourse; Transmedia; Witcher; Fantasy; Polish Fantasy; Media literacy; Convergence culture; Fan-studies; Participation culture; Technical communication; Digital Role-Playing Games; Civic imagination; Netnography; ;

   Abstract : This essay uses the concepts of convergence culture, transmedia and hegemony, to understand the struggles within the English language reception to Netflix Tv production “The Witcher.” In order to help the reader, the essay presents the background to the larger Witcher franchise, as well as standard debates and issues within the fantasy genre, the role-playing-game genre and convergence culture. READ MORE

3. 2. “I am the problem, it’s me” : A Netnographic Analysis of ‘Swiftie’ Prosumers on YouTube Shorts

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Írisz Beatrix Ősze; [2023]
   Keywords : Fan Studies; music fandom; online fan communities; Swifties U G; prosumption; interpretivism; Netnography; YouTube Shorts;

   Abstract : The popularity of Taylor Swift has been growing rapidly on social media after the release of her ‘Midnights’ album on 21 October 2022. The lead single of the album, ‘Anti- Hero’ and the ‘Anti-Hero Challenge’ initiated by the singer inspired 17 thousand fans (Swifties) to share their own anti-heroic stories inspired by the song. READ MORE

4. 3. Female Fans in Formula 1 : A Qualitative Study of Spanish Female Fans’ Behaviours, Attitudes, and Motivations towards F1 and its Consumption through Twitter

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Anne Llamas Mayoral; [2022]
   Keywords : Formula 1; Twitter; Spain; female fans; participatory culture; fan community; postmodern feminism;

   Abstract : Sports fandoms, historically, have been categorized as a male domain, even in academic studies. Therefore, as Formula 1 has been a sport with a remarkable increase in digital engagement and women are one of their main target audiences, I study Spanish F1 female fans’ behaviours, attitudes, and motivations towards F1 and Twitter as part of their fan experience. READ MORE

5. 4. Stories of Significance : The Process and Practises of Sense-Making in the Sherlock Fan Community

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Author : Kee Lundqvist; [2015]
   Keywords : coping theory; production of meaning; virtual anthropology; sherlock; tumblr; fan studies; fan psychology;

   Abstract : Building on professor of psychology Kenneth Pargament’s claim that people actively seek to establish a sense of significance and strive to minimize its loss, this study argues that fans of fictional works continually create a (subjectively seemingly) coherent interpretation of the source text that both builds upon and supports meaningful themes and phenomena found in the text. This, in turn, generates a subjective (though often communally negotiated) sense of significance. READ MORE