Internets Effects on Fandom by Calderon, Helena

Digital archives, fandom histories, and the reproduction of the hegemony of play

hcalderon250 — 2025-03-12 01:37:10 UTC

This is an article that talks about a variety of things, like how fandom history is affected by video algorithms that push non-diverse content that, in turn, is what gets remembered and documented in fandom history, making it a less inclusive place. In this case, the author brings up League of Legends, where all popular fan documentaries mainly showcase white and asian men. Women are only really mentioned to talk about how all-women teams ended up failing. It also mentions how important the fan archives of the brands' histories are since most brands want you to forget their past. The rest is even more on how the YouTube algorithm seems to treat women playing video games.

Woodhouse, Taylore Nicole. 2022. "Digital Archives, Fandom Histories, and the Reproduction of the Hegemony of Play." In "Fandom Histories," edited by Philipp Dominik Keidl and Abby S. Waysdorf, special issue, Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 37. https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2022.2105.

Reviewed Work: Fandom Unbound: Otaku Culture in a Connected World

hcalderon250 — 2025-03-12 01:37:10 UTC

This review of the Journal of Japanese Studies discusses the globalization of Japanese culture. It talks about a Japanese book called "Train Man" about a man who meets a woman on a train and turns to a web forum to get advice on how to talk to her. In mentioning that book, it mentions that because of the changes in the Internet and anonymous posting, many forums show both extreme left-wing commentary and extreme right-wing commentary. It says that many fan works, like dôjinshin, are written by women and that otaku culture, in general, has a large divide between male otakus and female otakus. Most cosplayers are also women, but they rarely appear in events in person. For women, it seems like being an otaku is something that is not talked about with family or even boyfriends, even if the boyfriends are also otakus. It talks about the similarities between women who engage in fashion subcultures like Lolita and women who are cosplayers and the fine line between both things

Martinez, D.P. “Review: Fandom Unbound: Otaku Culture in a Connected World.” JSTOR, The Journal of Japanese Studies, www-jstor-org.dvc.idm.oclc.org/stable/24242737?seq=4. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

Fan Cultures: On the Impossible Formation of Global and Transnational Fandoms

hcalderon250 — 2025-03-12 01:37:10 UTC

This article starts by defining what a fan is and how companies are starting to take advantage of how they consume content to use trans/multimedia mixes of content. He states that researchers don't put effort into learning fans offline identities as "being a fan of a specific object takes precedence". He is arguing that global and transnational fan groups can't truly be made because of differences in the way they are fans caused by local factors. The surveys sent out were mostly answered by Americans (44.3%)with very few people from other areas responding. He mentioned that in some areas of the world it is only possible for fans to consume content and not create.

Siuda, Piotr. “(PDF) Fan Cultures: On The Impossible Formation of Global and Transnational Fandoms.” Fan Cultures: On the Impossible Formation of Global and Transnational Fandoms , www.researchgate.net/publication/259575646_Fan_Cultures_On_the_Impossible_Formation_of_Global_and_Transnational_Fandoms.

Analysis of the Social Impact of Fandom Culture in “Idol” Context

hcalderon250 — 2025-03-12 01:37:10 UTC

This article starts off talking about how fans can influence and idols career though talking about them on forums, starting campaigns, and voting for them for music shows or contests. It talks about how supporting idols can give fans cultural capital. It goes in-depth about how making fandom culture mainstream has caused negative effects, such as, mass hysteria, bullying, and "isolated over-attachment" (referred to here as parasocial relationships)

"Analysis of the Social Impact of Fandom Culture in “Idol” Context"

written by Yangqingge Zhao,

published by Advances in Journalism and Communication, Vol.10 No.4, 2022

Global Fandom: Julie Escurignan (France)

hcalderon250 — 2025-03-15 06:03:02 UTC

Similar to "Fan Cultures: On the Impossible Formation of Global and Transnational Fandoms," There was also a survey done in this article, and the sample size is 1954 spread across 3 languages. Fans do not consider language as an obstacle in their enjoyment of content however, their location is a massive issue due to lack of fan-dedicated events and access to merchandise.

Julie Escurignan. “Global Fandom: Julie Escurignan (France) - Pop Junctions.” Pop Junctions, Henry Jenkins, 19 Apr. 2022, henryjenkins.org/blog/2021/9/8/global-fandom-julie-escurignan-france.

hcalderon250 — 2025-03-15 06:54:26 UTC

My question was, "How did the internet affect fandom and Fandom culture?". Originally, I wanted to focus more on pre internet fandom, but it was very hard to find resources related to that, so I ended up being more focused on post-internet Fandom, which still answers my question because now that I how its effected by the internet I know what has changed.