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Liao, C., Chen, Z. T., & Fu, P. (2026). From cultural to toxic capital: Algorithmic and capitalised toxicity in a platformised ACG culture. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 0(0).
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CFP: Journal of Live Music Studies
Audience experience: Understanding how audiences engage with live performance – physically, emotionally, and digitally – and how fan practices and expectations are evolving in response to cultural and technological shifts.
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Martin, A. L., Jr. (2026). Matching energy: The end of caring about reception studies’ racial ambivalence. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 0(0).
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Yan, X., Zhou, W. W., & Li, X. (2026). Self-Authorization Amid Transculturation and Appropriation: Chinese K-Pop Fans Negotiating Identity in the “Cultural Stealing” Dispute. Global Media and China, 0(0).
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It's publication week! My book, Critical Fandom: Representations of Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Fan Fiction, is officially out through University of Iowa Press.
Use code MESSINA40 for 40% off: uipress.uiowa.edu/books/critic...
My colleague Kyung-Eun Yoon just published this short piece in medium that reflects on the need for belonging that may underlie Kpop fans' investment in learning Korean:
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In “’Long Live Mrs. Heiberg!’: Fame, Theater and the Birth of Fan Culture in Nineteenth-Century Copenhagen,” Clement Räthel explores fannish audience reactions to Danish theater celebrity Johanne Luise Heiberg.
#FanStudies #FandomHistory
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Have research to share? @jcmsjournal.bsky.social is actively seeking submissions in film, media, digital culture, game studies, sound studies, and more.
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The relational drama of Springsteen fandom, articulated with sympathy and intelligence. Highly recommended.
#FanStudies #Fandom #Springsteen
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Journal of Live Music Studies; The Journal of Live Music Studies (JLMS) is a peer-reviewed publication dedicated to advancing knowledge of live music practices, performances, business, infrastructure ...
This essay proposes matching energy as a methodology and a citational politic. It calls for marking white audience/fan studies as so particular to whiteness to ...
