Pokémon Go players' 30 billion scans trained navigation tech now bound for military drones, via Niantic Spatial's defense partnership with Vantor.
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Immersion is increasingly defining customer experiences in a variety of industries, yet too often creators of immersive environments rely on spectacle, advanced technology, or scale, which fails to cr...
Fandom Encyclopedia:
I’m seeking authors for 1000-word entries in a forthcoming Pop Culture Fandoms encyclopedia, published by Bloomsbury Press. Please email 200-300 word abstracts to [email protected] by Aug 30, 2026!
Mermaid fanfiction 🤝 King Alfred the Great...
Somehow both ended up in the peer review pipeline at the same time. 🧜♀️📜
Delighted to see my mermaid article now published online in The Journal of Fandom Studies, with the Alfred article hopefully following before long. ✨
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Paul Booth
Martine Mussies
Ended up on BBC Wales Today last night, commenting on the Doctor Who hiatus and potential impact on Creative Industries in Wales.
Could have talked for hours!
Fan Advisory Boards have been misundertood. This is why it matters youtu.be/SvnEpjVZdZE?...
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It's been four years since the Premier League announced that every club in the competition would have to have a Fan Advisory Board. It wasn't long after the collapse of the European Super League,…
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Winner, 2025 Diamond Anniversary Book Award, given by the National Communication AssociationHighlights the importance of considering contemporary public cult...
New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Remminga, A. (2026). Obscene content: policing queer media, erotica, and fan creations in Australia. Porn Studies, 1–12.
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doi.org/10.1080/2326...
Australia has an extensive, and prolific, history of censorship. Laws concerning obscenity, particularly the Customs Act 1901, carry severe penalties, yet are inconsistently applied across state an...
