Tag: being a fan

• Defining Fandom as Repeatedly Returning

  

  I presented this idea, based on previous work, at the MPCA/ACA conference of October 2018. I present it here for us to have a conversation about what it means to be a fan and how we define what a fan is.

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  December 3, 2018

  Audience/Reception Studies, Fandom

  being a fan, challenging fan studies, Defining, definitions, fan identity, fan studies, Fandom, repeatedly returning, Sense-Making Methodology, SMM

• Fandom as Repeatedly Returning to What Matters Most

  

  Being a fan can mean many different things to many different people. It may mean a person likes to collect memorabilia for a favorite sports team. It may mean a group like to wear costumes and reenact an important event. It may mean individuals compete with one another to test their knowledge in trivia contests. […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  March 25, 2015

  Fandom

  Audience, being a fan, bronies, C2E2, challenging fan studies, cosplay, Dervin, fan communities, fan studies, Fandom, fanfic, fans, foodies, fractured fandom, identity, politics, Pop culture, religion, repeatedly returning, Sense-Making Methodology, shippers, Slash, sports