Although visibility has increased, there are still television tropes used that can have
potentially harmful effects on LGBTQ persons seeking identification through television …

Around the world, pop consumers are increasingly accessing popular products through
social media. Online fan groups of Korean popular music (K-pop) in Asia have dynamically …

In this article we explore a life course perspective on fandom, with particular emphasis on
fandom and adult development. While there is growing interest in issues of age and aging …

This research explored how University of Cincinnati football fans used Facebook to manage
a social identity threat arising from head football coach Brian Kelly leaving the school to …

Although used in many domains, the evaluation of personas is difficult due to the lack of
validated measurement instruments. To tackle this challenge, we propose the Persona …

In our digital era, fandom has become a social and cultural phenomenon, notably in
Thailand. Fans are dedicated, and creating fan text (ie, text production made by fans about …

Media Research Methods: Understanding Metric and Interpretive Approaches brings the
insights of a senior theorist, methodologist, and critic to the classroom. Departing from the …

Prior research has shown that cumulative written fiction exposure is correlated with (;) and 1-
time exposure to literary fiction increases (eg,;) performance on an emotion-reading task …

From a symbolic interactionist perspective, this work looks at the construction of self and
identity through MySpace. Using ethnographic methods, I look to answer two questions:(1) …