A companion to media fandom and fan studies

Intro -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Editor Biography -- Contributor Biographies -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Structure of the Book -- References -- Part I: Histories, Genealogies, Methodologies -- Chapter 1: Fandom, Negotiation, and Participatory Culture -- Negotiated Readings -- Interpretive Communities, Subcultures, and Imaginative Publics -- Fandom as Participatory Culture -- References -- Chapter 2: Foundational Discourses of Fandom -- Mental Intoxication -- Peopling the Self -- Managing the Multitude -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Literature Fandom and Literary Fans -- Fandom in Literary Scholarship -- The Birth of US Media Fandom: An Alternate History -- Literary Fandom in The Saturday Review of Literature -- Literary Fan Studies: Moving Forward -- References -- Chapter 4: The Fan Experience -- Founding Fandom: Hugo Gernsback and the Science Fiction League -- Media Fandom and Fan Advocacy -- Fans and Technology: Medium and Message -- Fans and Producers: Beyond Gift Culture -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Soap Fans, Revisited -- Fan‐Industry Relations -- Fan‐Object Specificity -- Identities, Practices, and Communities -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Not My Lifeblood: Autoethnography, Affective Fluctuations and Popular Music Antifandom -- Autoethnography‐as‐Method and Studying Life Fandoms -- Accounting for Affective Fluctuations -- Lifeblood as Antifandom Object -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Representations of Fans and Fandom in the British Newspaper Media -- Fans and Media Representation -- Methodology -- January 2000 -- January 2005 -- January 2010 -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Ethics in Fan Studies Research -- Institutional and Organizational Parameters -- Establishing Your Research: Common Ethical Considerations