INFORMATIVE SPEECH “Fandoms” Good morning everyone! So one thing that I am obsessed about at the moment is fan culture or commonly known as fandoms− especially the ones that are on the internet. What I like to talk about today is the idea that you can like something so much that it actually destroys your life. Let me explain. Firstly‚ the person discovers and enjoys the thing then the person goes on to the internet and has fun finding more about it and people who feel the same way and then the
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and gain recognition from their favorite modern gods. To some‚ entering a fandom is a slippery slope that leaves you alone‚ save for your new fictional family. Dr. Joli Jensen‚ a professor of communications and teaches several courses concerning media in today’s
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these people coming together. Let me introduce you to a fandom. Fandom is a term that sounds like what is is—it refers to all the combined fans of something. It can be a sport‚ hobby‚ or book. It can be very specific‚ down to one show; or wide‚ encompassing all shows in a genre. The fans are closely connected by shared interest. Fandoms have been around for some time‚ but have recently become mainstream. Are you ready to enter their world? “People sometimes look at fandoms from the outside and wonder why [they] spend so
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River Steinberg Fandom in Popular Culture Everyone is a fan of something. Whether it’s a sports team‚ celebrity‚ or television show there is at least one thing that a person enjoys to partake in‚ talk about‚ etc. Yet when does becoming too much of a fan – or a fanatic – become a problem? This question raises concern because recently many different fan bases or fandoms of certain movies‚ books‚ etc. have been criticized over the last decades due to their extreme dedication and obsession. Some people
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In nearly every notable fandom‚ regardless of media popularity or media form‚ there is at least one popular “slash” relationship that rules the minds‚ hearts‚ and‚ occasionally‚ the genitals of its devoted fans. “Slash relationships”‚ in general‚ are constructed when fans of a media place two presumably. or explicitly‚ heterosexual characters of the same sex in a romantic relationship that generally has not been acknowledged within the source media. In season one of NBC’s psychological thriller Hannibal
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robust fandoms our cultures‚ furry takes form and influence both the real world and the digital world. There are countless platforms for people who fascinate furry to meet‚ greet‚ and have fun with each other. The Furry community also takes great pride in their involvement‚ interaction and development of the fandom. From things like fan-fiction‚ art‚ toys‚ costumes into conventions and even movies with furry as a big part of the target audience‚ one cannot miss the influence of the furry fandom into
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Scholar John Fiske in his essay The Culture Economy of Fandom engages in the idea that popular culture is more than just something to entertain us with. Fiske says‚ “All popular audiences engage in varying degrees of semiotic productivity‚ producing meanings and pleasures that pertain to their social situation out of the products of the culture industries (Fiske).” Perhaps this quote can directly relate and pertain to the show “Friends”. Someone could watch the show and conceivably directly relate
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to research‚ critically discuss how knowledge of ’fandom’ and ’fan’ activities has contributed to our understanding of media audiences. Introduction: Audience is an essential and necessary part in the transmission of information. The decoding of information and signs delivered through media relies on individual audience’s perceptions and perspectives. Fan and fandom is a crucial proportion in the media audience. As stated in the Fandom: Identities and Communities in a Mediated World (2007
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On Fandoms & Movies “The term ‘fandom’ is used to refer to the collective fans of something such as a sport‚ hobby‚ or series of books. Typically‚ the members of a fandom feel interconnected by their common interest‚ and a fandom can often be a subculture as well. Only the most devoted fans are included in a fandom‚ separating them from people who may casually enjoy the thing in question.” – Mary McMahon and Bronwyn Harris (What is a Fandom?)
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are downright hostile to the genre‚ or some sub-genres‚ like slash or RPF22. But all people who write fan fiction are by definition fans of something. There have been studies on the relationship of political activism and fandom‚ or being a fan. There is the activism outside fandom sphere as well as activism directly related to the content of the canon material‚ like asking the makers to bring back favourite characters‚ or fix the way some aspects are represented‚ or the fate of the canon‚ as in the
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