While there are obvious fan studies classics, there are other books that don’t always fall into the “fan studies” canon that I have found incredibly useful for my own thinking. I cited one of them, Carol Dyhouse’s Heartthrobs: A History
“The ‘Fanfic Lens’: Fan Writing’s Impact on Media Consumption,” by Fabienne Silberstein-Bamford
These excerpts are from Fabienne Silberstein-Bamford’s article, “The ‘Fanfic Lens’: Fan Writing’s Impact on Media Consumption,” which can be read for free here! Silberstein-Bamford writes that the internet has allowed people to move from solely passively consuming to also participating