Volume 26 of Transformative Works and Cultures is out. This is a special issue on social TV fandom and the media industries that was edited by Myles McNutt.
On the article pages, click through on the “HTML” link next to the article abstract to get to the full text! We’ll be posting quotes from the new issue in the coming weeks, as usual.
Editorial
- Myles McNutt, Social TV fandom and the media industries
Praxis
- Stephanie Anne Brown, Millennial fandom and the failures of “Switched at Birth”’s sexual assault education campaign
- Jacquelyn Arcy and Zhana Johnson, Intersectional critique and social media activism in “Sleepy Hollow” fandom
- Eleanor Patterson, Must tweet TV: ABC’s #TGIT and the cultural work of programming social television
- Jacinta Yanders, Interactions, emotions, and Earpers: “Wynonna Earp,” the best fandom ever
Symposium
- Myles McNutt, “The 100” and the social contract of social TV
- Eloy Santos Vieira and Lilian Cristina Monteiro França, How Brazilian Whovians influenced BBC’s strategies through Twitter: Fifty years of “Doctor Who” and fan engagement
- Melanie E. S. Kohnen, “Please Like Me” and global TV flows
- Cory Barker, Facebook, Twitter, and the pivot to original content: From social TV to TV on social
- Jake Pitre, Fan reactions to “The Leftovers” and “Twin Peaks: The Return”
Interview
- TWC Editor, Interview with Flourish Klink
Book review
- Francesca Coppa, Be him/have him: Brooker/Bowie
- Anne Kustritz, “Controversies in digital ethics,” edited by Amber Davisson and Paul Booth
- Rhiannon Bury, “Public relations and participatory culture,” edited by A. L. Hutchins and N. T. J. Tindall
- Mel Stanfill, “The culture industry and participatory audiences,” by Emma Keltie
New issue of Transformative Works and Cultures!