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Fan Studies x Digital Humanities: Part 1

So, a little bit of a different post today! Fanhackers will always be about making Fan Studies scholarship more accessible, but Fan Studies encompasses a whole lot of other methodologies and disciplines. This post will be the first of a

axanthou 26/05/202126/05/2021 Uncategorised Read more

The concept of “quality” fan communities

It is assumed that fans of poorer works will automatically be low-quality fans (…) but in 3n5b’s case, the belief is reversed—the quality of the community dictates the quality of the fandom. As a female-oriented community within the male-dominated field

Szabo Dorottya 15/05/202015/05/2020 fanhackers Read more

Why Did Fans Flee LiveJournal, and Where Will They Go After Tumblr?

Why Did Fans Flee LiveJournal, and Where Will They Go After Tumblr? destinationtoast: meeedeee: “What you’ll notice from the chart is that between 2007 and 2009, things were happening with LiveJournal that made people not like it anymore. From the

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Your guide to research on fans

  • Fanhackers is a project of the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) that makes fan studies scholarship more accessible. We help fans find and access research on fan culture, and encourage fan participation in scholarship through the contribution of personal experiences, new research, and community interaction.
  • We post about fan studies research here and on Tumblr and Twitter, and maintain a bibliography of fan studies research. Contributions welcome!

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