New book ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Fan Cultural Capital in a Digital Age of Collecting: Diverse Perspectives
Edited by Janelle Vermaak-Griessel
@fanstudies.bsky.social
@fanstudies.bsky.socialNew book ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Fan Cultural Capital in a Digital Age of Collecting: Diverse Perspectives
Edited by Janelle Vermaak-Griessel
@fsnnorthamerica.bsky.socialOur second sponsor is none other than Palgrave Macmillan!
Did you know that Palgrave publishes a #FanStudies book series? You can find more info about the series: link.springer.com/series/16367
Have ideas for a book? Reach out to the Palgrave's Senior Editor for Cultural Studies, Camille Davies!
@fsnnorthamerica.bsky.socialWith just over a week to go till the #FSNNA26 #FanStudies Conference it is time to highlight some of our amazing sponsors who help us keep this amazing conference running!
@suzannerblack.bsky.socialI forgot to tag people! (Please don't revoke my social media privileges!) @fanstudies.bsky.social @fsnnorthamerica.bsky.social @scmsfaas.bsky.social #FanStudies
@fanstudies.bsky.socialLocalised Understandings of Gender and Queerness in the K-Pop Fandom(s): BTS' United Nations Speech as a Case Study
Mathieu Berbiguier
Commodifying the 'Sad Girl': Fantagonism, Parasociality & Social Media Dehumanisation of Female Singer-Songwriters
Jenessa N. Williams
@fanstudies.bsky.socialA few new #FanStudies chapters in The Bloomsbury Handbook of Gender in Popular Music Industries
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'Growth' versus 'Real Abilities': Nationalized Discourses, Fan Surveillance, and Live Controversies of Japanese K-Pop Girl-Group Members
Mayako Shibagaki Liu
@annesleuths.bsky.socialListening to two of Fandom Studies' greats discuss "The Frames of Fandom" book series, co-creation, participatory culture, and new ways to think about fandom and industry.
With Textual Poachers turning 35 next year (wowza 😬), plenty to reflect on and take forward. #FanStudies
@melstanfill.bsky.social#fanstudies friends, what do you think are the most foundational pieces for DH approaches to studying fans?
@fanstudies.bsky.socialNew book ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Masculinity in Chinese Digital Culture: Reproduction and Reconstruction in Videogames and Their Fanfiction
Yuhua Hanna Wu
@fanstudies.bsky.socialNew edited collection ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Translating Chinese Internet Literature: Global Dissemination and Adaptation
Edited By Wenqian Zhang, & Sui He
@fanstudies.bsky.socialNew book chapter ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Gendered Governance in Global Sport: Iranian Women's Football Fandom
Catherine Phipps & Ali Afrouzeh
In: Global Sport in the Age of Authoritarian Power
@fanstudies.bsky.socialNew book chapter ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Transmedia Horror Networks
Creative Hauntologies, Fan Nostalgia, and the Digital Evolution of Participatory Fear Cultures
Lorna Piatti-Farnell
In: Monstrous Transmedia
@fanstudies.bsky.socialNew article ⬇️
Wu, R. Y. X., & Meng, T. (2026). ‘Simulating fan discourse shifts: A thematic coding and regression model of K-pop communities under China’s Korean Wave Ban (2016–2017)’. Convergence: International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies #FanStudies
@fanstudies.bsky.socialNew article ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Jacobs, K., De Jans, S., Evens, T., & Constandt, B. (2026). Do fans care about controversial sport sponsorships? The sport sponsorship moral appropriateness decision-making process unravelled. Sport in Society, 1–18.
@fanstudies.bsky.socialNew article ⬇️⬇️⬇️
The Wide World of Jane Austen: Introducing Jane Austen’s Desk to a Global Fandom
Brodey, Inger S B & Sarah Schaefer Walton
Persuasions : The Jane Austen Journal On-Line
@fsnnorthamerica.bsky.socialBIG news this morning- the FSNNA 2026 #FanStudies Conference Program is now live!
🔗 tinyurl.com/y53dae2z
We've also got a single page accessible version: tinyurl.com/36u58ku3
Whether you’re joining us for the first time or are a veteran participant we hope you’ll join us at FSNNA26!
@fanstudies.bsky.socialNew article ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Qiu, L. (2026). Exploring the lived experience associated with fan-made goods: a serious leisure perspective. Leisure Studies, 45(5), 1086–1106.
@fanstudies.bsky.socialNew article ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Fashioning fan culture and identity with K-pop dolls through affective labour
Areum Jeong
In: Fashion, Style & Popular Culture
@fanstudies.bsky.socialNew article ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Fazelian, E., et al (2026). Idealised idols & body dysmorphic vulnerability in adolescent K-pop fans: Do body image disturbances and self-objectification play a role? International Journal of Adolescence and Youth.
@fanstudies.bsky.socialNew article ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Lee, C. W. (2026). Contesting gender politics in the 2023 Women’s World Cup: Chinese fans’ online reactions to athlete activism and kissgate. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 1–20.