De Kosnik’s Rogue Archive have been referred to before in this post, this post, this post and this post and now I am making it another one because rogue is a word that I like to come back to in
Frames of Fandom: Fandom as Audience (Book 2)
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
Internet archiving is unique in as much as it inherently creates its own set of metadata. When collecting a physical document, it contains a set of information, both physical and contextual that could help, for example dating it. Another aspect
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
So Tightly Linked
Through events like the annual Eaton Conference, the collection seeks to continue opening access by a combination of mixed public and scholarly activities in order to simultaneously foster fan enthusiasm and increase academic consideration, not least because they are often
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
No Straight Story
I like serial storytelling; television, podcasts, longfics that we read one chapter a time for its ability to refer back to itself and weave several threads. These narratives would be overly pressured in the form of cinema, theater, the like.
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,
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