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Entertainment Media and Communication
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Entertainment Media and Communication

by Nicholas David Bowman
October 2024
Beginner to intermediate
716 pages
28h 45m
English
De Gruyter Mouton
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Section 4: Critical and Cultural Considerations

Chapter 28 Searching for Meaning: Positioning Fan Research within Trends in Communication Studies

Douglas Schules
Kentaro Matsumoto
Junxiao Yang

Note: Contributor names follow the Western naming convention of given name followed by family name. For the main text, this chapter follows Japanese and Chinese naming conventions of listing family name first, followed by given name.

Abstract

Over the past 30 years, research on fans and their activities has become a theme that cuts across interdisciplinary and intercultural lines. With the increasing integration of mass media and related technologies into everyday life, research on the subject has gravitated towards how fans negotiate ...

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ISBN: 9783110792935