SCMS Fan and Audience Studies SIG
@scmsfaas.bsky.social
SCMS Fan and Audience Studies Scholarly Interest Group. Sharing posts, CFPs and info about fan studies and audience studies.
Call for Abstracts - Fandom | Cultures | Research Themed Issue 2-27: Upstairs, Downstairs: Television and Platforms Between Seduction and Agency #FanStudies journals.uni-marburg.de/fcr/announce...
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I am also teaching (undergraduate) #FanStudies this year, for the first time officially! What should I not forget to include?
Mel Stanfill@melstanfill.bsky.social · 5mo agook y'all, i am officially teaching graduate #FanStudies in the fall. what do you feel like are the best books/articles published in recent years? bonus: what are the best pieces published specifically by grad students, to teach the last week?
Planning to submit a proposal? Start a draft now! You can preview all the required questions and save your proposal draft as you go. Submit by the deadline: Friday, August 28, 2026. #SCMS27
Looking for a panel for #SCMS27? There's a whole bunch of chatter and planning in our SIG Discord. You might just find your co-panelists there! If you need help joining, just DM us here.
Call for Peer Reviewers Intellect is seeking peer reviewers across our full range of journals! To express interest in peer reviewing please contact the editor of the relevant journal directly. All Intellect journals can be viewed here: https://www.intellectbooks.com/journals/all-titles
Really pleased to have a new article out in Popular Communication, with my favourite co-author @simoned.bsky.social. We looked at memes and GIFs circulating during the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial and how these enabled fans to discuss and perform cancellation. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#Deppdelusion: mediatized play, algorithmic amplification and the problematic fave
The Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard defamation case captured attention around the globe, not least because the trial was broadcast live on Court TV, YouTube and TikTok. One noticeable feature of the cas...
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✨🎀 NEW CFP: The Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures symposium (supported by the University of Tokyo, Media, Gender, and Sexualities Study Group) is coming back for its third edition!!!✨🎀 📩 Send us your abstract by August 15 at popculturesjapan@gmail.com✨ Share widely!
Call for Papers: Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures Symposium 2026
A platform for critical discussions about gender and Japanese animation, fashion, video games, literature and digital cultures
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New book ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Korean Culture Fandoms Affective Practices and Identity in a Global Context Editors: Ratan Kumar Roy #FanStudies link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Korean Culture Fandoms
The book contributes in the areas of media and cultural studies, global culture and politics, arts and humanities, social sciences and area studies
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Where are the #WestWing fan-scholars at?
Call for Papers: Religion, Morality, and the American Presidency – The West Wing at 30
Religion, Morality, and the American Presidency: The West Wing at 30 Edited by Ilaria W. Biano Deadline: September 30, 2026 Premiering in 1999, The West Wing quickly became one of the most influent…
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📣 Announcing this year's FaAS SIG graduate essay contest! Submit your essays related to fan and audience studies, up to 7,500 words, by Aug. 31 for possible publication in @journal.transformativeworks.org. For more details and to submit: tinyurl.com/faasgradessa...
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Toi aussi tu es fan de Madonna? Toi aussi tu te déhanches sur Hung up? Alors ce questionnaire est pour toi! fr.surveymonkey.com/r/HH3PNQZ cc @nachtergael.bsky.social @annebesson.bsky.social @bretonjustine.bsky.social @drjulieescurignan.bsky.social (RT apprécié)
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New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Pawelloi, S. L., & Safitri, R. (2026). Fandom Communication And Participatory Culture In Digital Platforms: A Systematic Literature Review. INJECT (Interdisciplinary Journal of Communication), 11(2), 2295–2324. #FanStudies doi.org/10.18326/inj...
Fandom Communication And Participatory Culture In Digital Platforms: A Systematic Literature Review | INJECT (Interdisciplinary Journal of Communication)
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New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Dong, R., & Zhou, L. (2026). Imagining happy ageing: Shipping older female celebrities in China. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 0(0). #FanStudies journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Imagining happy ageing: Shipping older female celebrities in China - Ruo Dong, Lulu Zhou, 2026
Narratives surrounding ageing celebrities constitute a significant resource for understanding how to grow old. While existing studies have largely focused on ho...
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New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ The Swift Shift – promotional marketing (Taylor’s version): How social media and fan engagement shape album release strategies Authors: Angela Asuncion, Angelique Nairn & Rebecca Trelease Australasian Journal of Popular Culture, 15, 1, 2026. #FanStudies doi.org/10.1386/ajpc...
The Swift Shift – promotional marketing (Taylor’s version): How social media and fan engagement shape album release strategies | Intellect
Evolving dynamics in the music industry increasingly position social media platforms as a space where promotional labour, audience participation and algorithmic visibility converge. In this shifting p...
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Hello everyone, I'm currently writing about fan experiences with collective protest actions against media companies such as boycotts, letter campaigns etc. If you are above 18 and would like to participate please get in touch! More details in the form: forms.gle/FbgMDV1SfqkC...
Call for Interviews: Fan Boycott Experiences
Fan boycotts of media companies are undertaken as an act of collective protest aimed at using fan consumer power to bring attention to diverse issues. These include but are not limited to political, e...
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Happening this afternoon! We hope you’ll join us! DM for the link if you’re not on Discord.
SCMS Fan and Audience Studies SIG @scmsfaas.bsky.social · last mo.Celebrate Pride Month with the FaAS SIG with game afternoon featuring custom slash and femslash prompts this Sunday, June 28, from 3-4pm EST. Laptop and a smartphone needed. The Zoom link is posted in our Discord. DM us if you need an invite link (SIG members only).
reupping this as the syllabus deadline approaches. i am looking for a couple more #fanstudies articles by graduate students to round out the week of emerging scholars.
Mel Stanfill@melstanfill.bsky.social · 5mo agook y'all, i am officially teaching graduate #FanStudies in the fall. what do you feel like are the best books/articles published in recent years? bonus: what are the best pieces published specifically by grad students, to teach the last week?
Celebrate Pride Month with the FaAS SIG with game afternoon featuring custom slash and femslash prompts this Sunday, June 28, from 3-4pm EST. Laptop and a smartphone needed. The Zoom link is posted in our Discord. DM us if you need an invite link (SIG members only).
SIG members, are you looking for co-panelists for #SCMS27? We've opened a channel in the SIG Discord where you can post CFPs, recruit each other, and otherwise connect. If you need an invite to the Discord, send us a DM.
This is right after SCMS and might be a good option for European-based friends. But we still want you to come to Montreal!
Fan Studies Network@fanstudies.bsky.social · last mo.CFP: 4th International Conference on Literary and Film Tourism 22, 23 and 24 March 2027 University of Groningen (The Netherlands) www.cett.es/en/internati...
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New Open Access book ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Fandom Democracy? Celebrity Leaders and New Forms of Citizens’ Engagement LUIGINO CECCARINI #FanStudies ora.uniurb.it/handle/11576...
Fandom Democracy? Celebrity Leaders and New Forms of Citizens’ Engagement
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Looking forward to digging into The Popcultr Summit The Fandom Advantage Report, summarising the key discussions from the event I participated in a few weeks ago. #FanStudies Check it out here : popcultr.events
Popcultr Marketing Summit
The UK's only dedicated B2B summit for pop culture marketing. Free entry, inside MCM London Comic Con, ExCeL London
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