Fandom

Traditionally, the topic of fans and fandom has been well researched throughout popular culture media. Various studies have been conducted to discover the relationship between constructed popular media and its impact on society and the concept of fans and fandom represent a positive relationship between the two. The positive relationship, between fans and popular culture, can be examined through the work of Bourdieu whom uncovered how culture distinctions are classed in nature in order to legitimize

passage with the statement, “Being in a group is not the same as losing your identity.” It is natural for fans to conform to their fandoms’ preferences from the moment they join. When I began writing fanfiction, my writing style drastically changed to mimic those of other writers who had far wider readership than I did. Surprisingly, a writer who was relatively new to the fandom for a series I wrote for based her own fanfiction off of mine. The case is similar to those of fans who draw fanart, edit images

Fandoms Directioners, Beliebers, KatyCats, Swifties, Whovians, Potterheads, Bros, Tributes, Gleeks, Demigods, Shadowhunters, Initiates, Runners, I could honestly go on forever. What do all of those have in common? (wait forever for these uneducated people to answer “they’re all fandoms”/ try not to roll your eyes) Good morning/afternoon everyone. What is a fandom? Well first, I would like to point out that fandoms are commonly confused with a fan base but a fandom is so much more than that. A fan

English 101 Mr. Rintala 25 April 2017 Fandoms a Home to Many When one hears the word “fan” two mental images pop up, one being a grown man dressed up in a costume, or two a preteen young girl who has posters of Justin Bieber all over her room. However, not all fans are like, although the mass majority are neither of those two images of people. I believe that the word “fan” and “fandom” has turned into something negative. Most people believe that fandom are for those who are nerds and do not have

endemic to celebrity music fandom-as-religion literature with my data set and, in that juxtaposition, demonstrate ways in which scholars of fandom-as-religion may have mischaracterized fan emotion, sentiment, and action, as well as the fan-celebrity relationship. I follow Sandvoss in his distinction between fandom and religion: “In contrast to religion, fandom lacks an absolute, other-worldly framework through which social realities are constructed and legitimized. If fandom differs so radically in

That sense of abnormality within the fandom universe is common when first entering it. The notion of shipping to fictional characters is strange. Simon During, a literary critic, understands that sense of not seeming popular in his research. He brings up the idea of popular when he says that “[c]ultural studies can provide space for, and knowledge of, the multiple audiences and communities who, in various combinations, vote, buy records, watch television and films etc. without ever fitting the ‘popular’”

The word fandom, tends to be associated as an audience of passivity, obsession or even violence. As research has advanced, it is viable to see that these connotations are not entirely valid. Instead the research on fandom is revealing to be more complex than initially thought. The following essay will substantiate this claim, by showing how negative stereotypes of the fan may be disputed. This will be done through the use of the Harry Potter fandom. Firstly, the essay will introduce the concept of

A subculture that I belong to is a fandom that many also follow. A fandom that began in November of 1928 with the birth of a cartoon mouse and has continued to flourish with the creations of 6 theme parks worldwide. That fandom is the one that follows the Walt Disney Company and all that it makes. With every movie, television show, toy, and theatrical production they produce, the fandom grows stronger and stronger. The Disney fandom has sustained me through its positivity. It has fed my soul

Fandoms are among the so-called ‘fabrics of culture’ that comprise our lives, regardless of our age, gender, nationality, and whatever differences that we may have. Fanfiction Terminology defines a fandom as “the fan-based community dedicated to a particular TV show or other cult-inducing medium, including movies, books, comics, and other source material” (Common Fandom Terms 1). Someone may be invested in collecting Beatles albums, and another person may have memorized every character in the Marvel

focus of a caste of the geek sub-culture known as the furry fandom. The furry fandom’s members will typically call themselves “furries”. There are variations on this idea; the two primary variations are “scalies” and “avians” interested in scaled and feathered creatures respectively. “[The] furry fandom is a fandom for fictional anthropomorphic animal characters with human personalities and characteristics (Wikipedia.org, “Furry Fandom”).”“Someone who says they are furry is generally expressing an