New book ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Masculinity in Chinese Digital Culture: Reproduction and Reconstruction in Videogames and Their Fanfiction
Yuhua Hanna Wu
@fanstudies.bsky.social
@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.
@fanstudies.bsky.socialNew book chapter ⬇️⬇️⬇️
The Co-decoding of Fannish Meaning: Transcultural Fandom and Imagined Industry
By Matt Hills
In: Cross-Cultural Television Audiences in the Age of Streaming
@fanstudies.bsky.socialNew article ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Benson-Allott, C. (2026). One Fan’s Shame: On Living With Loving Below Deck. Television & New Media, 27(7), 731-737.
@fsnnorthamerica.bsky.socialCan you believe it's October already!? Before you know it, it'll be time for our #FSNNA2026 #FanStudies conference!
Are you registered yet?
If our amazing headliners and special events haven't convinced you, did you know that we *also* have plenty of social events during our conference?
@fcr-journal.bsky.socialWe're looking forward to hearing from you!
@fanstudies.bsky.socialCall for Abstracts Workshop & Themed Issue
“Affective Forensic Fandom: Emotion, Evidence, and Investigative Participation in Contemporary Media Cultures”
April 8–9, 2027, at the Philipps-Universität Marburg (Germany)
@fanstudies.bsky.socialNew book chapter ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Cross-Cultural Sports Communication: Adapting American Strategies to Engage Sports Fandom in the UAE
Mariam Kashwani & Massimo Ragnedda
In: Digital Publics, Identities, and Participation
@fsnnorthamerica.bsky.socialNew #OpenAccess book!
"Bridging Design and #Fandom: #FanStudies and #DesignResearch in Conversation" (edited by Naomi Jacobs)
You can find more info & access the edited collection here: www.emerald.com/books/edited...
@fanstudies.bsky.socialNew article ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Lee, S. (2026). Fan translation as memetic communication: Understanding cultural diffusion through cross-cultural fan labour.
Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 0(0).