Expect quotes from this one for the next couple of weeks! Editorial Fan engagement – TWC Editor Theory Toward a goodwill ethics of online research methods – Brittany KelleyRacebending fandoms and digital futurism – Elizabeth GillilandToward a broader recognition of the queer in the BBC’S
[QUOTE] From What we talk about when we talk about bronies | Anne Gilbert | Transformative Works and Cultures
(My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) is feminized for adhering to (feminine) tropes, and for doing so with bright pastel colors and chipper voices talking about friendship, but it was deliberately created to be both girly and good. Bronies’ praise,
Call For Collaboration-Textual Analysis of Supernatural
Posted on request from Liorah Golomb: I am looking for a collaborator with computational linguistic skills for a project mining the dialogue of the U.S. television program Supernatural (CW Network, 2005-present). My goal is to demonstrate, through textual analysis, the
[META] Worldcon, Not Just Literature
This is the second in a series of posts by Emma England on fannish issues surrounding Worldcon, the longest running science fiction and fantasy convention in the world. Emma is the 2014 Worldcon academic track organizer and is currently researching
Worldcon, Not Just Literature
This is the second in a series of posts by Emma England on fannish issues surrounding Worldcon, the longest running science fiction and fantasy convention in the world. Emma is the 2014 Worldcon academic track organizer and is currently researching
[QUOTE] From Bertha Chin, The Veronica Mars Movie: crowdfunding – or fan-funding – at its best?
This also brings to light some people’s uneasiness and concern that money raised through this (Veronica Mars) Kickstarter project is not going towards an indie project, but instead towards a studio film that Warner Bros is essentially too cheap to
[QUOTE] From Hye-Kyung Lee, Cultural consumer and copyright: a case study of anime fansubbing
Similarly, fansubbing has been regarded as an equivalent for TV. In the anime industry context, the role of TV is crucial in nurturing consumer demand for DVDs. For example, the Japanese anime industry witnesses fans normally testing the anime via
[META] Tabletop, on Geek and Sundry: Improv Meets Instructional Video
It’s hard for me to explain just what I find so entertaining about the Geek and Sundry Network’s webshow Tabletop. It’s not a huge transmedia playground like The Guild, and it’s not a zany talk show like The Flog, but
[META] On regional releases and disrupting international fandoms
Since a few weeks back, some blogosphere hand-wringing has been going on about how Game of Thrones is the most pirated show of 2012. The second season has been downloaded via torrents about 25 million times. Many people in the
[ADMIN] The joy of loopholes
Last year, Andrea Horbinski wrote a self-introduction post here that started out like this: There’s a certain propriety to the fact that I’m sitting in an apartment in Kyoto, Japan, as I write this post. Three and a half years