The Routledge Companion to Media Fandom

PART I: METHODS, ETHICS, AND THEORETICAL APPROACHES Introduction MELISSA A. CLICK AND SUZANNE SCOTT  1. The Ethics of Studying Online Fandom KRISTINA BUSSE  2. What does the “transnational” mean for fan studies today? Some provocations RUKMINI PANDE  3. (Media) Fandom is Not a Noun KATHERINE E. MORRISSEY  4. After poaching and negotiated readings: Towards the real-time emergence (and the temporary pauses) of fans' co-decoding MATT HILLS  5. Surveying Fandom: The Ethics, Design, and Use of Surveys in Fan Studies LUCY BENNETT  6. Fandom and Disability: Expanding Theoretical Perspectives to Fan Studies DIVYA GARG  7. Transnational Media Fan Studies LORI MORIMOTO  8. When Platforms Fall: Scraping and Interpreting Fandom Data in Tumultuous Times ANASTASIA SALTER & BRIDGET BLODGETT  9. Archaeologies of Fandom: Using Historical Methods to Explore Fan Cultures of the Past KATHY FULLER-SEELEY  10. Conversation on Studying "Toxic" Fans KISHONNA L. GRAY, CARRIELYNN D. REINHARD, ADRIENNE SHAW  PART II: FAN PRACTICES AND PLATFORMS   11. Where the Fans Are: Rethinking Fan Studies and Participatory Culture RHIANNON BURY  12. Fan Curators and the Gateways into Fandom DEREK KOMPARE  13. The Roles of Language in Transcultural Fanfiction CLARICE GRECO  14. Fan Tourism and Pilgrimage: Revisited REBECCA WILLIAMS  15. Negotiating Fandom: The Politics of Racebending HENRY JENKINS  16. Shifting, Harry Potter, and TikTok Fan Practices CLAIRE WHITLEY & KATHARINE PERROTTA  17. Tumblr Fan Aesthetics LOUISA ELLEN STEIN  18. Accessing Platformed Fandoms: Disability and Digital Fan Practices ELIZABETH ELLCESSOR  19. A Tale of Two Communities. The Polish Fandom, the Fandom in Poland, and the Internet’s Influence on Fan Identities AGNIESZKA URBAŃCZYK  20. Navigating Online Ecosystems: Chinese Celebrity Fans’ Participation across Social Media Platforms QIUYAN GUO  21. Vidding and Identity: A Conversation FRANCESCA COPPA, ALEXIS LOTHIAN, AND TISHA TURK  PART III: IDENTITIES  22. The Invisible Bag of Holding: Whiteness and Media Fandom  BENJAMIN WOO  23. The Queer Politics of Femslash JULIE LEVIN RUSSO  24. Identity, Positionality, and Comics Fandom: Women of Color Fans ERIKA CHUNG  25. Finding the National in Transnational: Mapping Identities and Power in K-Pop Fandoms CELESTE OON  26. Charting Latinx Fandom JILLIAN M. BÁEZ  27. Everyday Costume: Feminized Fandom, Retail, and Beauty Culture ELIZABETH AFFUSO  28. Watching the series of the enemy: The reception of Turkish soap operas by Greeks DIMITRA LAURENCE LAROCHELLE  29. Aging, Fans, and Fandom C. LEE HARRINGTON AND DENISE D. BIELBY  30. Sounding Queer Fandom: Podfic and Nonbinary Theory OLIVIA JOHNSTON RILEY  31. Boys Love Media across Asia: Theorizing the Role of Queer Affect in Transcultural Fandom THOMAS BAUDINETTE  32. Advancing Transcultural Fandom: A Conversation BERTHA CHIN, ASWIN PUNATHAMBEKAR, AND SANGITA SHRESTHOVA  PART IV: INDUSTRY AND LABOR  33. Fans and Merchandise AVI SANTO  34. The Fan Fiction Gold Rush 2.0: After/AI MEL STANFILL  35. Fandom and the Politics of Cancel Culture EVE NG  36. Conspicuous Convention: Industry Interpellation and Fan Consumption at San Diego Comic-Con ANNE GILBERT  37. (Black Female) Fans Strike Back: The Emergence of the Iris West Defense Squad KRISTEN J. WARNER  38. Fantagonism, Franchising, and Industry Management of Fan Privilege DEREK JOHNSON  39. Friki Conventions: Comic-cons, Expos, and Fandom in Mexico City GUILLERMO AGUILAR VÁZQUEZ AND ANA FABIOLA VIDAL FERNÁNDEZ  40. Fannish Affect, “Quality” Fandom, and Transmedia Storytelling Campaigns MELANIE E. S. KOHNEN  41. DAZN’s Coverage Strategies of the UEFA Women’s Champions League: Growing the Game Through Women’s Football Fandom CHARLOTTE HOWELL  43. The Bigger Picture: Drawing Intersections between Comics, Fan, and Industry Studies ALISA PERREN AND LAURA E. FELSCHOW  43. So Strike We All: Union Action and Cosplay on the Picket Line SUZANNE SCOTT AND KATE FORTMUELLER

Biography

Melissa A. Click is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Gonzaga University, USA. Her work on fans, audiences, and popular culture has been published in Television & New Media, the International Journal of Communication Studies, Popular Communication, and Popular Music & Society. She is editor of Anti-Fandom: Dislike and Hate in the Digital Age (2019), and the co-editor of Bitten by Twilight (2010).

Suzanne Scott is Associate Professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. She is the author of Fake Geek Girls: Fandom, Gender, and the Convergence Culture Industry (2019), and the co-editor of Sartorial Fandom: Fashion, Beauty Culture, and Identity (2023).