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Fandom Resources

Fandom Resources

Following is a list of sources you *may* want to consider when you begin to think about fandom in modern culture. This is merely meant to get you started and is by no means an exhaustive list. As the semester unfolds and your research kicks in, we will add to this list.

Film, Television and Video

The films below speak to both the popular stereotypes of fans and to the lived reality of fandom.

  • Galexy Quest
  • Fan
  • Misery
  • Fanboys
  • Death to Smoochy
  • Trekkies
  • Trekkies II
  • The Fan
  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
  • Fever Pitch
  • Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
  • Bronies
  • A Hard Day's Night
  • Almost Famous
  • Juliet, Naked
  • Selena
  • One Direction: This is Us
  • Bigger than Me
  • Natural Born Killers
  • Fursonas
  • Big Bang Theory
  • Angry Video Game Nerd on You Tube - 155 episodes and counting
  • Done The Impossible
  • The Road to Nerdfighteria
  • The Making of Fun
  • See Videos link on Blackboard for more on fandom and fan studies.

General Forums/Platforms

Fan News and Meta sites:

For several of these sites it helps to type "Fandom" into the search box at the top of the page to get specifically fan-related content.

Podcasts

Other Web sites:

  • Fanthropology - "Fanthropology is a community dedicated to discussing and analyzing fandom culture, news, and events, for both fandom in general and specific fandoms. Our goal is analysis, understanding, and relaying of information related to fan culture. We're here to think and be informed - but we want to have fun doing it!"
  • Confessions of an Aca-Fan - Henry Jenkins' blog. Who is Henry Jenkins? You will be quite familiar with his work by the end of this course.
  • Transformative Works and Cultures - online, peer-reviewed journal covering many aspects of fan culture. The contents of the journal are searchable here
  • Organization of Transformative Works - From their mission statement: "The Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) is a nonprofit organization established by fans to serve the interests of fans by providing access to and preserving the history of fanworks and fan culture in its myriad forms. We believe that fanworks are transformative and that transformative works are legitimate.The OTW represents a practice of transformative fanwork historically rooted in a primarily female culture. The OTW will preserve the record of that history as we pursue our mission while encouraging new and non-mainstream expressions of cultural identity within fandom."
  • Fan Studies Bibliography
  • Fanlore - "Fanlore is a collaborative site by, for, and about fans and fan communities that create and consume fanworks. Here, you can read about fan activities, fannish vocabulary, and the histories of fan communities. . ."
  • Know Your Meme - a website dedicated to documenting Internet phenomena: viral videos, image macros, catchphrases, web celebs and more.
  • Creative Commons - Addresses issues related to copyright, trademark, transformative works, and fair use.
  • Journal of Fandom Studies
  • Starlog - "Science fiction fans, such as those who follow the television channel SyFy, have voiced that Starlog is the science fiction magazine most responsible for cultivating and exhibiting fanboy culture in America during the magazine’s heyday in the 1970s through the early 1990s" (Wikipedia)
  • OMONO They Didn't! - All things K-Pop
  • Aesthetics Wiki - Just for fun:)

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