The Routledge Companion to Media Fandom
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 22. June 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
466 pages
978-1-032-44608-0 (ISBN)
Description
This companion brings together an internationally and interdisciplinarily diverse group of emerging and established fan studies scholars to reflect on the state of the field and to chart new directions for research.
Engaging an impressive array of media texts and formats, and incorporating a variety of methodologies, this collection is designed to survey, complicate, and expand core concerns. This second edition includes 20 new chapters, 11 revised chapters, and 12 reprinted chapters organized into four main sections: Methods, Ethics and Theoretical Approaches; Fan Practices and Platforms; Identities; and Industry and Labor. Each section features a short introduction that discusses the section's scope and contributions, highlights the importance of the section's topic to fan studies, and offers suggestions for further reading.
This collection remains an essential volume for students and scholars interested in fandom and fan studies, popular culture, media studies, and film and television studies.
Engaging an impressive array of media texts and formats, and incorporating a variety of methodologies, this collection is designed to survey, complicate, and expand core concerns. This second edition includes 20 new chapters, 11 revised chapters, and 12 reprinted chapters organized into four main sections: Methods, Ethics and Theoretical Approaches; Fan Practices and Platforms; Identities; and Industry and Labor. Each section features a short introduction that discusses the section's scope and contributions, highlights the importance of the section's topic to fan studies, and offers suggestions for further reading.
This collection remains an essential volume for students and scholars interested in fandom and fan studies, popular culture, media studies, and film and television studies.
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Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate and Undergraduate
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
18 s/w Abbildungen, 18 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder
18 Halftones, black and white; 18 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
767 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-44608-0 (9781032446080)
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The Routledge Companion to Media Fandom
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Persons
Melissa A. Click is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Gonzaga University, USA. Her work on fans, audiences, and popular culture has been published in Television & New Media, the International Journal of Communication Studies, Popular Communication, and Popular Music & Society. She is editor of Anti-Fandom: Dislike and Hate in the Digital Age (2019), and the co-editor of Bitten by Twilight (2010).
Suzanne Scott is Associate Professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. She is the author of Fake Geek Girls: Fandom, Gender, and the Convergence Culture Industry (2019), and the co-editor of Sartorial Fandom: Fashion, Beauty Culture, and Identity (2023).
Suzanne Scott is Associate Professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. She is the author of Fake Geek Girls: Fandom, Gender, and the Convergence Culture Industry (2019), and the co-editor of Sartorial Fandom: Fashion, Beauty Culture, and Identity (2023).
Content
PART I: METHODS, ETHICS, AND THEORETICAL APPROACHES Introduction MELISSA A. CLICK AND SUZANNE SCOTT 1. The Ethics of Studying Online Fandom KRISTINA BUSSE 2. What does the "transnational" mean for fan studies today? Some provocations RUKMINI PANDE 3. (Media) Fandom is Not a Noun KATHERINE E. MORRISSEY 4. After poaching and negotiated readings: Towards the real-time emergence (and the temporary pauses) of fans' co-decoding MATT HILLS 5. Surveying Fandom: The Ethics, Design, and Use of Surveys in Fan Studies LUCY BENNETT 6. Fandom and Disability: Expanding Theoretical Perspectives to Fan Studies DIVYA GARG 7. Transnational Media Fan Studies LORI MORIMOTO 8. When Platforms Fall: Scraping and Interpreting Fandom Data in Tumultuous Times ANASTASIA SALTER & BRIDGET BLODGETT 9. Archaeologies of Fandom: Using Historical Methods to Explore Fan Cultures of the Past KATHY FULLER-SEELEY 10. Conversation on Studying "Toxic" Fans KISHONNA L. GRAY, CARRIELYNN D. REINHARD, ADRIENNE SHAW PART II: FAN PRACTICES AND PLATFORMS 11. Where the Fans Are: Rethinking Fan Studies and Participatory Culture RHIANNON BURY 12. Fan Curators and the Gateways into Fandom DEREK KOMPARE 13. The Roles of Language in Transcultural Fanfiction CLARICE GRECO 14. Fan Tourism and Pilgrimage: Revisited REBECCA WILLIAMS 15. Negotiating Fandom: The Politics of Racebending HENRY JENKINS 16. Shifting, Harry Potter, and TikTok Fan Practices CLAIRE WHITLEY & KATHARINE PERROTTA 17. Tumblr Fan Aesthetics LOUISA ELLEN STEIN 18. Accessing Platformed Fandoms: Disability and Digital Fan Practices ELIZABETH ELLCESSOR 19. A Tale of Two Communities. The Polish Fandom, the Fandom in Poland, and the Internet's Influence on Fan Identities AGNIESZKA URBANCZYK 20. Navigating Online Ecosystems: Chinese Celebrity Fans' Participation across Social Media Platforms QIUYAN GUO 21. Vidding and Identity: A Conversation FRANCESCA COPPA, ALEXIS LOTHIAN, AND TISHA TURK PART III: IDENTITIES 22. The Invisible Bag of Holding: Whiteness and Media Fandom BENJAMIN WOO 23. The Queer Politics of Femslash JULIE LEVIN RUSSO 24. Identity, Positionality, and Comics Fandom: Women of Color Fans ERIKA CHUNG 25. Finding the National in Transnational: Mapping Identities and Power in K-Pop Fandoms CELESTE OON 26. Charting Latinx Fandom JILLIAN M. BAEZ 27. Everyday Costume: Feminized Fandom, Retail, and Beauty Culture ELIZABETH AFFUSO 28. Watching the series of the enemy: The reception of Turkish soap operas by Greeks DIMITRA LAURENCE LAROCHELLE 29. Aging, Fans, and Fandom C. LEE HARRINGTON AND DENISE D. BIELBY 30. Sounding Queer Fandom: Podfic and Nonbinary Theory OLIVIA JOHNSTON RILEY 31. Boys Love Media across Asia: Theorizing the Role of Queer Affect in Transcultural Fandom THOMAS BAUDINETTE 32. Advancing Transcultural Fandom: A Conversation BERTHA CHIN, ASWIN PUNATHAMBEKAR, AND SANGITA SHRESTHOVA PART IV: INDUSTRY AND LABOR 33. Fans and Merchandise AVI SANTO 34. The Fan Fiction Gold Rush 2.0: After/AI MEL STANFILL 35. Fandom and the Politics of Cancel Culture EVE NG 36. Conspicuous Convention: Industry Interpellation and Fan Consumption at San Diego Comic-Con ANNE GILBERT 37. (Black Female) Fans Strike Back: The Emergence of the Iris West Defense Squad KRISTEN J. WARNER 38. Fantagonism, Franchising, and Industry Management of Fan Privilege DEREK JOHNSON 39. Friki Conventions: Comic-cons, Expos, and Fandom in Mexico City GUILLERMO AGUILAR VAZQUEZ AND ANA FABIOLA VIDAL FERNANDEZ 40. Fannish Affect, "Quality" Fandom, and Transmedia Storytelling Campaigns MELANIE E. S. KOHNEN 41. DAZN's Coverage Strategies of the UEFA Women's Champions League: Growing the Game Through Women's Football Fandom CHARLOTTE HOWELL 43. The Bigger Picture: Drawing Intersections between Comics, Fan, and Industry Studies ALISA PERREN AND LAURA E. FELSCHOW 43. So Strike We All: Union Action and Cosplay on the Picket Line SUZANNE SCOTT AND KATE FORTMUELLER