Editorial: Fandom and Controversy

Andrews P. (2020). Receipts, radicalisation, reactionaries, and repentance: The digital dissensus, fandom, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Feminist Media Studies, 20(6), 902-907. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2020.1796214.

Avila M. (2021, Jan 8). It’s time for Marvel to retire The Punisher’s skull logo. SyFy.com. https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/punisher-skull-logo-marvel-capitol-riots.

Bennett L. (2014). Tracing Textual Poachers: Reflections on the development of fan studies and digital fandom. Journal of Fandom Studies, 2(1), 5-20. https://doi.org/10.1386/jfs.2.1.5_1.

Blodgett B. Salter A. (2018). Ghostbusters is for boys: Understanding geek masculinity’s role in the Alt-right. Communication, Culture & Critique, 11, 133-146. https://doi.org/10.1093/ccc/tcx003.

Booth P. Davisson A. Hess A. Hinck A. (2018). Poaching politics: Online communication during the 2016 US Presidential election. Peter Lang.

Broll R. (2020). Dark fandoms: An introduction and case study. Deviant Behavior, 41(6), 792-804. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2019.1596453.

Chin B. Morimoto L. H. (2013). Towards a theory of transcultural fandom. Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception Studies, 10(1), 92-108. https://participations.org/Volume%2010/Issue%201/7%20Chin%20&%20Morimoto%2010.1.pdf.

Claessens N. Van den Bulck H. (2014). A severe case of disliking Bimbo Heidi, Scumbag Jesse and Bastard Tiger: Analysing celebrities’ online anti-fans. In Duits L. Zwaan K. Reijnders S. (Eds.), The Ashgate research companion to fan cultures (pp. 63-75). Ashgate.

Click M. (Ed.). (2019). Dislike, hate and antifandom in the digital age. New York University Press.

Coppa F. (2014). Fuck yeah, fandom is beautiful. Journal of Fandom Studies, 2(1), 73-82. https://doi.org/10.1386/jfs.2.1.73_1.

Dean J. (2017). Politicising fandom. The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 19(2), 408-424. https://doi.org/10.1177/1369148117701754.

Fileborn B. Lowney-Howes R. (Eds.). (2019). #MeToo and the politics of social change. Palgrave Macmillan.

Gray J. (2003). New audiences, new textualities: Anti-fans and non-fans. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 6(1), 64-81. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367877903006001004.

Gray J. (2005). Antifandom and the moral text: Television without pity and textual dislike. American Behavioral Scientist, 48, 840-858. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764204273171.

Gray J. (2019). How do I dislike thee? Let me count the ways. In Click M. (Ed.), Dislike, hate and antifandom in the digital age (pp. 25-41). New York University Press.

Gray J. Sandvoss C. Harrington C. L. (2007). Introduction: Why study fans? In Gray J. Sandvoss C. Harrington C. L. (Eds.), Fandom: Identities and communities in a mediated world (pp. 1-16). New York University Press.

Hills M. (2015). The ‘most unlikely’ or ‘most deserved cult’: Citizen-fans and the authenticity of Milifandom. Election Analysis 2015. http://www.electionanalysis.uk/uk-election-analysis-2015/section-7-popular-culture/the-most-unlikely-or-most-deserved-cult-citizen-fans-and-the-authenticity-of-milifandom/.

Hills M. (2017). It’s the stans wot (nearly) won it. Election Analysis 2017. http://www.electionanalysis.uk/uk-election-analysis-2017/section-8-personality-politics-and-popular-culture/its-the-stans-wot-nearly-won-it/.

Hills M. (2018). An extended foreword: From fan doxa to toxic fan practices? Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, 15(1), 105-126. https://www.participations.org/Volume%2015/Issue%201/7.pdf.

Hinck A. (2019). Politics for the love of fandom: Fan-based citizenship in a digital world. LSU Press.

Jane E. A. (2014). Beyond antifandom: Cheerleading, textual hate and new media ethics. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 17(2), 175-190. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367877913514330.

Jane E. A. (2019). Hating 3.0: Should anti-fan studies be renewed for another season. In Click M. (Ed.), Anti-fandom: Dislike and hate in the digital age (pp. 42-61). New York University Press.

Jenkins H. (2012). Cultural acupuncture: Fan activism and the Harry Potter Alliance. Transformative Works and Cultures, 10. http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/305/259.

Jones B. (2018a). Navigating grief and disgust in Lostprophets fandom. In Williams R. (Ed.), Everybody hurts: Transitions, endings, and resurrections in fan cultures (pp. 43-60). University of Iowa Press.

Jones B. (2018b). #AskELJames, Ghostbusters, and #GamerGate: Digital dislike and damage control. In Booth P. (Ed.), A companion to fandom and fan studies (pp 415-430). Wiley-Blackwell.

Linden H. Linden S. (2017). Fans and fan cultures. Palgrave Macmillan.

Martin A. L. Jr. (2019). Why all the hate? Four black women’s anti-fandom and Tyler Perry. In Click M. (Ed.), Dislike, hate and antifandom in the digital age (pp. 166-183). New York University Press

Negra D. (2016). The reality celebrity of Donald Trump. Television and New Media, 17(7), 646. https://doi.org/10.1177/1527476416675946.

Pande R. (2018). Squee from the margins: Fandom and race. University of Iowa Press.

Proctor W. Kies B. (2018) Editors’ introduction: On toxic fan practices and the new culture wars. Participations, 15(1), 127-142. https://participations.org/Volume%2015/Issue%201/8.pdf.

Salter A. Blodgett B. (2017). Toxic geek masculinity in media: Sexism, trolling, and identity policing. Springer.

Sandvoss C. (2012). Enthusiasm, trust, and its erosion in mediated politics: On fans of Obama and the Liberal Democrats. European Journal of Communication, 27(1), 68-81. https://doi.org/10.1177/0267323111435296.

Sandvoss C. (2013). Toward an understanding of political enthusiasm as media fandom: Blogging, fan productivity and affect in American politics. Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, 10(1), 252-296. https://participations.org/Volume%2010/Issue%201/12a%20Sandvoss%2010%201.pdf.

Sandvoss C. (2015). It’s the neutrosemy, stupid!: Fans, texts and partisanship in the 2015 General Election. Election Analysis. http://www.electionanalysis.uk/uk-election-analysis-2015/section-7-popular-culture/its-the-neutrosemy-stupid-fans-texts-and-partisanship-in-the-2015-general-election/.

Sandvoss C. (2017). Corbyn and his fans: Post-truth, myth and Labour’s hollow defeat. Election Analysis. http://www.electionanalysis.uk/uk-election-analysis-2017/section-8-personality-politics-and-popular-culture/corbyn-and-his-fans-post-truth-myth-and-labours-hollow-defeat/.

Sandvoss C. (2019). The politics of against: Political participation, anti-fandom, and populism. In Click M. (Ed.), Dislike, hate and antifandom in the digital age (pp. 125-146). New York University Press.

Sandvoss C. Gray J. Harrington C. L. (2017). Introduction: Why still study fans? In Fandom: Identities and communities in a mediated world (2nd ed., pp. 1-26). New York University Press.

Smith P. (2017, May 10). The “Mayllennials” are young women who love Theresa May and it’s the most unlikely fandom of 2017. Buzzfeed News. https://www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/the-maylennials-are-young-women-who-love-theresa-may-and.

Stanfill M. (2020). Introduction: The reactionary in the fan and the fan in the reactionary’. Television & New Media, 21(2), 123-143. https://doi.org/10.1177/1527476419879912.

Theodoropoulou V. (2007). The antifan within the fan: Awe and envy in sport fandom. In Gray J. Sandvoss C. Harrington C. L. (Eds.), Fandom: Identities and communities in a mediated world (pp. 316–327). New York University Press.

Wahl-Jorgensen K. (2019). Emotions, media & politics. Polity Press.

Wanzo R. (2015). African American acafandom and other strangers: New genealogies of Fan Studies. Transformative Works and Cultures, 20. https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2015.0699.

Williams R. (2013). ‘Anyone who calls Muse a Twilight band will be shot on sight’: Music, distinction, and the ‘interloping fan’ in the Twilight franchise. Popular Music and Society, 36(3), 327-342. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03007766.2013.798543.