Fan CULTure: Essays on Participatory Fandom in the 21st Century

by Kristin M. Barton (Editor), Jonathan Malcolm Lampley (Editor)

Overview

Fan CULTure explores how present-day fans interact with the films, television shows, books, and pop culture artifacts they love. From creating original works of fanfiction to influencing the content of major primetime series through social media, fans are no longer passive consumers. They have evolved into active participants in creating and shaping these works. The all-new essays in this collection provide in-depth analyses of how fans interact with such popular franchises as Harry Potter, Lost, Supernatural, Lord of the Rings and Joss Whedon's Serenity, and examines as well topics not based on media-like fans of LEGO building blocks, Disneyland, and NFL quarterback Tim Tebow.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786474189
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	11/21/2013
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.42(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

The late Kristin M. Barton was a professor and chair of the Department of Communications at Dalton State College in Dalton, Georgia. He lived in Woodstock, Georgia. Jonathan Malcolm Lampley is a prolific contributor to many popular-culture periodicals and publications.

Table of Contents

Foreword Stephen J. Sansweet 1

Introduction Kristin M. Barton 5

Section 1 Fan Productions

Can't Stop the Sequel: How the Serenity-Inspired Browncoats: Redemption Is Changing the Future of Fan Films Kristin M. Barton 9

Dark Shadows Fandom, Then and Now (1966-2013) Jeff Thompson 23

Spellbound: An Analysis of Adult-Oriented Harry Potter Fanfiction Don Tresca 36

Recut Film Trailers, Nostalgia and the Teen Film Kathleen Williams 47

Section 2 Social Media

Bringing Piety Back: Tim Tebow, Sports and American Culture Susan Orenstein 61

Fan-Made Time: The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Owain Gwynne 76

The Fandom Is Out There: Social Media and The X-Files Online Bethan Jones 92

Alternate Reality Games, Narrative Disbursement and Canon: The Lost Experience Kent Aardse 106

Section 3 Fan-Influenced Content

Block Party: A Look at Adult Fans of LEGO Jennifer C. Garlen 119

A New Kind of Pandering: Supernatural and the World of Fanfiction Anissa M. Graham 131

Desiring the Tangible: Disneyland, Fandom and Spatial Immersion Meyrav Koren-Kuik 146

Chuck Versus the Advertiser: How Fan Activism and Footlong Subway Sandwiches Saved a Television Series Kristin M. Barton 159

"Guys, where are we?" Podcasts, Online Video and Lost's Participatory Culture Michael Graves 173

Afterword: The Past and Future of Fandom Studies Jonathan Malcolm Lampley 191

About the Contributors 197

Index 199

Editorial Reviews

highly recommended”—Choice; “excellent examination...essays are context rich...an enjoyable, easy read that is appealing on many levels from academic to...well, fandom”—Journal of American Culture.

From the Publisher

highly recommended

Choice