Furry fandom

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

reality TV show Survivor (Mark Burnett Productions for CBS, 2000-, US), and the comment above raises the central issue I aim to address here. By exploring the show in terms of its fan culture and examining the Survivor fandom in relation to existing theoretical and critical work on fandom, I will argue that through online activity, Survivor fans compete with one another just as the contestants battle against each other in the weekly challenges on screen. It is this very sense of competition that I will

Thirty, twenty, ten, touchdown, and the Redskins win! With that one play the mood of all those Redskins fans went through the roof and the moods of the opposing teams fans dropped. Fans across the nation follow every stat, every play, and every game of their favorite sports teams. If you ask any football fan what Sunday means they will probably reply football and drinking with the guys instead of church. Is it a good thing that people plan their lives around what time their teams’ play? When you

The Fiction of Literature: Folk Tales, Fan Fiction, and Oral Tradition in the Internet Age In 1951, JRR Tolkien wrote a letter to his publisher, Milton Waldman, in an attempt to describe his vision for The Lord of the Rings. After outlining the scope of his many interconnected plots, Tolkien self-consciously articulated his hopes for his novel’s reception: "Do not laugh! But once upon a time (my crest has long since fallen) I had a mind to make a body of more or less connected legend, ranging from

As I began exploring into the one direction fandom, I was a little doubtful on what I was getting myself into. I am the bystander, that sits and watches as the obsession of One Direction is blowing up all over my social media feed. The fans have a notorious reputation for being viewed on society to spend countless hours drooling over someone they’ll never have. My goal was to seek out the complexities of the peculiar phenomenon and how this obsession affects their lives. Adventures in my research

Liverpool Football Club, or Liverpool FC in its heyday was considered to be the best football team in England and some might argue even Europe. For a long time, Liverpool FC boasted the title of being the most decorated football club in England, which refers to the club that has won the most trophies in their entire history. In recent years however, the trophies have mostly dried up with the club winning only 13 trophies since they last won the English Premier League title in the 1989/90 season.

The crowd is stomping their feet chanting “USA! USA!”, trying to make as much noise as they can despite their gloved hands and frozen feet. The entire stadium is shaking as the fans show their support for our goalie who just laid out for a stunning save. As we settle back into our seats, wrapping blankets back around our shoulders, I hear from behind me, “God is helping out between those poles tonight.” “Yeah, he must be a U.S. Women’s fan too cuz Lord knows the men’s team is terrible.” This come

In the music industry, they usually form the typical music group or boy band that can sing, dance, and are exceptional looking that appeal to teenage girls. In this case it was no exception. Nevertheless, that didn’t matter, as millions of girls would line up the streets just to see a glimpse of them. The band that I’m talking about is One Direction. They are an English-Irish pop boy band originated from London, England. The band has gained millions upon millions of dedicated and loyal fans over

uninterested in including us in the fandom. That's why the the write in votes were so important. It made just as clear of a statement that we weren't going to stop being passionate Star Wars fans no matter how much they turned us away. Three years later and we have only become more organized, more determined, and much more

pursue religion and popular culture, and fan studies maintains a tendency to repeat assumptions of the sedimentation of the literature, thus one important need is more studies of religion and fandom, with the benefit of empirical data. Another important inquiry, specifically as it relates to dead celebrity fandom is, as time passes, and first-generations fans die, does the celebrity stay relevant? And how does this maintenance of the image persist? For example, Yoko Ono maintains close control of the