Online communities provide support for those who are vulnerable, such as LGBTQ people
while coming out. Research shows that social support and personal narrative construction …

As online fandom continues to grow, so do the public data created by fan creations and
interactions. With researchers and journalists regularly engaging with those data (and not …

Within online communities, social norms that both set expectations for and regulate behavior
can be vital to the overall welfare of the community--particularly in the context of the privacy …

In the current society, the online and fictional worlds are important spaces for both the
identity construction and wellbeing of LGBTQ people. Connecting these spaces are fandoms …

Social norms as a regulatory mechanism often carry more weight than formal law--
particularly in contexts when legal rules are gray. In online creative communities that focus …

Transformative media fandom is a remarkably coherent, long-lived, and diverse community
united primarily by shared engagement in the varied activities of fandom. Its social norms …

Queer transformative media fandoms have experienced multiple platform deaths due to
“adult” content bans that remove queer content because it is considered “not safe for work” …

Online creative communities are increasingly a space for marginalized groups to build
solidarity and engage in activist work, encouraging the exploration and articulation of …

The privacy practices of transformative fandom are of interest to HCI researchers both for the
community's high proportion of queer members and for the community's sophisticated …

An analysis of the issues and limitations inherent in platform studies considers what the field
could offer fan studies despite such obstacles and notes some key concepts to keep in mind …