I’m doing a survey of the first few books in Henry Jenkins and Robert V. Kozinet’s 15 book fandom series, Frames of Fandom. Two weeks ago, I introduced the first book in the series: Defining Fandom. Today and for the
Frames of Fandom, a multi-book series by Henry Jenkins and Robert V. Kozinets
I was recently lucky enough to read an advanced copy of Henry Jenkins and Robert V. Kozinets’s forthcoming book, Frames of Fandom: Fandom as Co-Creation, which will be the fifth book in a 15 book series exploring all the many
Your Go-To Piece of Criticism: Bridget Kies
Today’s Go-To Piece of Criticism comes from Bridget Kies, one of the chairs of the OTW’s journal committee, author of Murder, She Wrote (Wayne State University Press, 2025) and co-editor of Fandom, the Next Generation (University of Iowa Press, 2022).
Your Go-To Piece of Criticism: Kristina Busse
Kristina Busse is one of the founding editors of Transformative Works and Cultures as well as the co-editor of some of the most influential works of fan studies, including Fan Fiction and Fan Cultures in the Age of the Internet
Your Go-To Piece of Criticism: Kirsty Sedgman
Kirsty Sedgman describes herself as a Doctor of Audiences, and her wildly popular and highly readable books include On Being Unreasonable: Breaking the Rules and Making Things Better (Faber & Faber, 2023) and The Reasonable Audience: Theatre Etiquette, Behaviour Policing,
Fannish Expertise
Returning to Price’s examination of fannish information behaviours, we are introduced to four related areas that this research can contribute to. One of them being education, which is, in a sense, a negotiation of different information behaviours in as much
Your Go-To Piece of Criticism: Mel Stanfill
This week’s “Go-To” piece of criticism comes to us from Mel Stanfill – currently the editor of Transformative Works and Cultures and author of books such as Fandom is Ugly (NYU 2024) and Exploiting Fandom: How the Media Industry Seeks
Your Go-To Piece of Criticism: Suzanne Scott
Today’s Go-To Piece of Criticism comes from Suzanne Scott, and it’s a wonderful quote from a book that is not cited enough, I think, in fan studies, despite being an absolutely critical underpinning of the field. Girls and Subcultures by
Your Go-To Piece of Criticism: Matt Hills, Part 3
Today’s post is the last of three go-to pieces of criticism suggested by Matt Hills: his first was for fan studies generally; his second, for Doctor Who, and today we get his last. –FC ~~~ Lastly, if I had to
Your Go-To Piece of Criticism: Matt Hills, Part 2
As I noted in my last post, the wide-ranging mind of Matt Hills could not be constrained to a single quote. Last week, he gave us a quote for fan studies; this week, he gives us his go-to piece of