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Plants here, plants there, plants everywhere
Industry plant: an imprecise term for a diffuse phenomenon.
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When fandom becomes cultic: the One Direction experience
With fans encouraged to proselytize, clashes are inevitable.
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The Cultural Acupuncture Model of Fan Activism
Modern fan activism seeks to piggyback off pop culture fandom into mainstream activism.
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The Tyranny of Stans
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The problem with fan studies
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Activist fandom and the defanging of the anti-Scientology movement
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The big business of stan culture
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The Livejournal Effect
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When fandom becomes cultic: the One Direction experience
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Is the concert industry doing okay?
Part of the difficulty of making sense of concert business discourse is that everyone's perspective is skewed--including mine.
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How fandom went feral and became profitable
Early incubation and fostering of stan culture.
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Film Industry Realism
Working in and around the business of film was disillusioning to the core.
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Are fan campaigns worth the while?
When fans hold their fan object hostage.
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Romance & Rivalry By Proxy
When vicarious experiences deliver the dollars.
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Verified Superfandom
What fan management platform Fave tells us about the fandom business.
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The Tyranny of Stans
“Let people enjoy things” has become “make people afraid to dislike things.”
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Fandom Exile
Fandom Exile
Fandom psychology, ethnography and history. Documenting the consecration and corporate exploitation of fandom, and contextualizing the rise of stans in our cultural ecosystem.
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