Understanding Fandom: An Introduction to the Study of Media Fan Culture (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781441158550)

Fans used to be seen as an overly obsessed fraction of the audience. In the last few decades, shifts in media technology and production have instead made fandom a central mode of consumption. A range of ideas has emerged to explore different facets of this growing phenomenon. With a foreword by Matt Hills, Understanding Fandom introduces the whole field of fan research by looking at the history of debate, key paradigms and methodological issues. The book discusses insights from scholars working with fans of different texts, genres and media forms, including television and popular music. Mark Duffett shows that fan research is an emergent interdisciplinary field with its own key thinkers: a tradition that is distinct from both textual analysis and reception studies. Drawing on a range of debates from media studies, cultural studies and psychology, Duffett argues that fandom is a particular kind of engagement with the power relations of media culture.

Author: Mark Duffett
ISBN-10: 1441158553
ISBN-13: 9781441158550
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English
Published: 08/15/2013
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2014

About the Author

Dr Mark Duffett is Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Chester, UK.