SCMS Fan and Audience Studies SIG
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SCMS Fan and Audience Studies Scholarly Interest Group. Sharing posts, CFPs and info about fan studies and audience studies.
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PAN, S., (2025) “Tielian in Mixed Realism: Real Person Fan Fiction and Collective Memory in Contemporary Chinese Fandom”, Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Images 5(1).
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PAN, S., (2025) “Tielian in Mixed Realism: Real Person Fan Fiction and Collective Memory in Contemporary Chinese Fandom”, Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Images 5(1).
#FanStudies
doi.org/10.3998/gs.7...
<em>Tielian</em> in Mixed Realism: Real Person Fan Fiction and Collective Memory in Contemporary Chinese Fandom
This article investigates the question of authenticity in Chinese real-person fan fiction (RPF), a fan-fiction subgenre centered on real-world celebrities. Through the lens of tielian (“getting close ...
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December 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️
PAN, S., (2025) “Tielian in Mixed Realism: Real Person Fan Fiction and Collective Memory in Contemporary Chinese Fandom”, Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Images 5(1).
#FanStudies
doi.org/10.3998/gs.7...
PAN, S., (2025) “Tielian in Mixed Realism: Real Person Fan Fiction and Collective Memory in Contemporary Chinese Fandom”, Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Images 5(1).
#FanStudies
doi.org/10.3998/gs.7...
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GSO Spotlight Program
We’re thrilled to introduce a new initiative! If you’ve recently been published, completed your dissertation, received an award, or have other exciting news to share, we want to highlight you.
Submissions can be made here:
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We’re thrilled to introduce a new initiative! If you’ve recently been published, completed your dissertation, received an award, or have other exciting news to share, we want to highlight you.
Submissions can be made here:
forms.gle/dpyQDLCoNKtL...
December 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
GSO Spotlight Program
We’re thrilled to introduce a new initiative! If you’ve recently been published, completed your dissertation, received an award, or have other exciting news to share, we want to highlight you.
Submissions can be made here:
forms.gle/dpyQDLCoNKtL...
We’re thrilled to introduce a new initiative! If you’ve recently been published, completed your dissertation, received an award, or have other exciting news to share, we want to highlight you.
Submissions can be made here:
forms.gle/dpyQDLCoNKtL...
SIG members: We're compiling a list of fan- and audience studies publications by our members that came out in 2025. Enter yours here by Dec. 31, and we'll compile a list to share: forms.gle/V7zsgTowJahU...
SCMS Fan and Audience Studies -- 2025 Member Publications
It's time to promote your 2025 publications! Enter as many as you want, but please only fan and audience studies-focused publications and only things that came out in 2025. (Save in-press and forthcom...
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December 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
SIG members: We're compiling a list of fan- and audience studies publications by our members that came out in 2025. Enter yours here by Dec. 31, and we'll compile a list to share: forms.gle/V7zsgTowJahU...
Just a reminder that conference presenters must register by Wednesday, January 14, 2026 (5:00 PM CST).
2026 Conference Registration is now open!
You can now book your hotel, apply for grants and subsidies, review travel and accessibility info, reserve reception spaces, explore volunteer opportunities, and more. Visit cmstudies.org for details about #SCMS26 in Chicago, March 26–29. bit.ly/SCMS2026
You can now book your hotel, apply for grants and subsidies, review travel and accessibility info, reserve reception spaces, explore volunteer opportunities, and more. Visit cmstudies.org for details about #SCMS26 in Chicago, March 26–29. bit.ly/SCMS2026
December 13, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Just a reminder that conference presenters must register by Wednesday, January 14, 2026 (5:00 PM CST).
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🚨CFP Alert!🚨
"TV Matters" is a new series of short monographs (40K-50K words) on TV series- production history, cultural context, main themes, & fandom/audience reception
Have a series you want to write on? Send short pitch!
🔗 www.intellectbooks.com/tv-matters
#FanStudies #MediaStudies
"TV Matters" is a new series of short monographs (40K-50K words) on TV series- production history, cultural context, main themes, & fandom/audience reception
Have a series you want to write on? Send short pitch!
🔗 www.intellectbooks.com/tv-matters
#FanStudies #MediaStudies
December 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
🚨CFP Alert!🚨
"TV Matters" is a new series of short monographs (40K-50K words) on TV series- production history, cultural context, main themes, & fandom/audience reception
Have a series you want to write on? Send short pitch!
🔗 www.intellectbooks.com/tv-matters
#FanStudies #MediaStudies
"TV Matters" is a new series of short monographs (40K-50K words) on TV series- production history, cultural context, main themes, & fandom/audience reception
Have a series you want to write on? Send short pitch!
🔗 www.intellectbooks.com/tv-matters
#FanStudies #MediaStudies
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Got a burning hot piece of music fan studies research? There's still time to submit to our special issue!
As a reminder, we welcome the following formats:
Articles (8k max words)
Symposium (4k max words)
Book Reviews (2.5k max words)
Multimedia: 10 images or 5–8 minutes of audiovisual content.
As a reminder, we welcome the following formats:
Articles (8k max words)
Symposium (4k max words)
Book Reviews (2.5k max words)
Multimedia: 10 images or 5–8 minutes of audiovisual content.
NEW CFP ALERT 📣 Check out the details of our upcoming special issue on Music Fandom guest edited by @jenessawilliams.bsky.social & @lucykbennett.bsky.social at the follow link: buff.ly/YDOflaI...! Deadline is 01/01/2026!
December 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Got a burning hot piece of music fan studies research? There's still time to submit to our special issue!
As a reminder, we welcome the following formats:
Articles (8k max words)
Symposium (4k max words)
Book Reviews (2.5k max words)
Multimedia: 10 images or 5–8 minutes of audiovisual content.
As a reminder, we welcome the following formats:
Articles (8k max words)
Symposium (4k max words)
Book Reviews (2.5k max words)
Multimedia: 10 images or 5–8 minutes of audiovisual content.
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Excited to announce that we are hosting the BDiGRA (British Digital Games Research Association) 2026 Conference at the University of South Wales.
Conference Announcement and Call For Papers below
bdigra.co.uk/bdigra-2026-...
Conference Announcement and Call For Papers below
bdigra.co.uk/bdigra-2026-...
BDiGRA 2026 – University of South Wales, Cardiff – Conference Announcement and Call For Papers – British DiGRA
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December 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Excited to announce that we are hosting the BDiGRA (British Digital Games Research Association) 2026 Conference at the University of South Wales.
Conference Announcement and Call For Papers below
bdigra.co.uk/bdigra-2026-...
Conference Announcement and Call For Papers below
bdigra.co.uk/bdigra-2026-...
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Fanficforum Frankfurt is hosting its third student conference! Currently looking for contributors - students of all levels, degrees, fandoms are welcome to apply. The conference takes place in Frankfurt (aM), Germany, & on Zoom on 30.01.26. Deadline CfP: 14.12.25
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Fanficforum in Konferenz 2026 - Fanficforum Frankfurt
DE EN Die Konferenz zum Fanficforum geht ins dritte Jahr und soll wieder Studierenden die Möglichkeit geben, aktuelle akademische Arbeiten zum Thema Fanfiction vorzustellen und mit anderen zu diskutie...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Fanficforum Frankfurt is hosting its third student conference! Currently looking for contributors - students of all levels, degrees, fandoms are welcome to apply. The conference takes place in Frankfurt (aM), Germany, & on Zoom on 30.01.26. Deadline CfP: 14.12.25
fanficforum-ffm.de/fanficforum-...
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Coming up in just under two hours! Check your email for your individual link to the Virtual Symposium.
📣 Reminder! Our SIG meeting will take place this Friday at 10am Central. Info on accessing the Virtual Symposium is supposed to be sent to all SCMS members in the next day or so.
December 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Coming up in just under two hours! Check your email for your individual link to the Virtual Symposium.
📣 Reminder! Our SIG meeting will take place this Friday at 10am Central. Info on accessing the Virtual Symposium is supposed to be sent to all SCMS members in the next day or so.
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
📣 Reminder! Our SIG meeting will take place this Friday at 10am Central. Info on accessing the Virtual Symposium is supposed to be sent to all SCMS members in the next day or so.
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Mine and Elliot Montpellier's special issue on Big Data Audiences is out in Convergence
There are great articles by David Hesmondhalgh, Ramon Lobato, Lee McGuigan, Rebecca Saunders, Anna Liu et al., Johan Søltoft et al., and more
journals.sagepub.com/toc/CON/curr...
There are great articles by David Hesmondhalgh, Ramon Lobato, Lee McGuigan, Rebecca Saunders, Anna Liu et al., Johan Søltoft et al., and more
journals.sagepub.com/toc/CON/curr...
Convergence - Volume 31, Number 6
Table of contents for Convergence, 31, 6
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December 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Mine and Elliot Montpellier's special issue on Big Data Audiences is out in Convergence
There are great articles by David Hesmondhalgh, Ramon Lobato, Lee McGuigan, Rebecca Saunders, Anna Liu et al., Johan Søltoft et al., and more
journals.sagepub.com/toc/CON/curr...
There are great articles by David Hesmondhalgh, Ramon Lobato, Lee McGuigan, Rebecca Saunders, Anna Liu et al., Johan Søltoft et al., and more
journals.sagepub.com/toc/CON/curr...
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Journal of Fandom Studies 13.2 is out now! Book Reviews include:
Contested Kingdom: Fan Attachment and Corporate Control at Disneyland, William Mccarthy (2024)
By Rebecca Williams
doi.org/10.1386/jfs_...
Contested Kingdom: Fan Attachment and Corporate Control at Disneyland, William Mccarthy (2024)
By Rebecca Williams
doi.org/10.1386/jfs_...
Contested Kingdom: Fan Attachment and Corporate Control at Disneyland, William Mccarthy (2024) | Intellect
Review of: Contested Kingdom: Fan Attachment and Corporate Control at Disneyland, William Mccarthy (2024)
Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 236 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-49685-472-8, p/bk, USD 30
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December 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Journal of Fandom Studies 13.2 is out now! Book Reviews include:
Contested Kingdom: Fan Attachment and Corporate Control at Disneyland, William Mccarthy (2024)
By Rebecca Williams
doi.org/10.1386/jfs_...
Contested Kingdom: Fan Attachment and Corporate Control at Disneyland, William Mccarthy (2024)
By Rebecca Williams
doi.org/10.1386/jfs_...
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CFP: Queer Identities in East & Southeast Asia, to be held at the University of Edinburgh from 6–7 April 2026
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Queer identities In east and southeast asia
April 6-7, 2026
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December 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
CFP: Queer Identities in East & Southeast Asia, to be held at the University of Edinburgh from 6–7 April 2026
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SCMS notifications went out on Tuesday of last week. Tag us to promote your panel and celebrate your acceptance! We'll have info on panel sponsorships soon.
December 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
SCMS notifications went out on Tuesday of last week. Tag us to promote your panel and celebrate your acceptance! We'll have info on panel sponsorships soon.
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OUT NOW
Celebrity Bromance and Comradery Capital in #Asia edited by Celia Lam & Jackie Raphael-Luu www.bloomsbury.com/9780755655021
Coverage includes #bromance in Bollywood, #K-Pop, YouTube stars & more! 🤩
New in the Asian #Celebrity and #Fandom Studies series: https://bit.ly/4oddqat
Celebrity Bromance and Comradery Capital in #Asia edited by Celia Lam & Jackie Raphael-Luu www.bloomsbury.com/9780755655021
Coverage includes #bromance in Bollywood, #K-Pop, YouTube stars & more! 🤩
New in the Asian #Celebrity and #Fandom Studies series: https://bit.ly/4oddqat
October 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
OUT NOW
Celebrity Bromance and Comradery Capital in #Asia edited by Celia Lam & Jackie Raphael-Luu www.bloomsbury.com/9780755655021
Coverage includes #bromance in Bollywood, #K-Pop, YouTube stars & more! 🤩
New in the Asian #Celebrity and #Fandom Studies series: https://bit.ly/4oddqat
Celebrity Bromance and Comradery Capital in #Asia edited by Celia Lam & Jackie Raphael-Luu www.bloomsbury.com/9780755655021
Coverage includes #bromance in Bollywood, #K-Pop, YouTube stars & more! 🤩
New in the Asian #Celebrity and #Fandom Studies series: https://bit.ly/4oddqat
Congrats to SIG member Mel Stanfill for winning the Diamond Anniversary Book for FANDOM IS UGLY from the National Communication Association! We love to see fan studies-related scholarship getting national attention!
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Congrats to SIG member Mel Stanfill for winning the Diamond Anniversary Book for FANDOM IS UGLY from the National Communication Association! We love to see fan studies-related scholarship getting national attention!
The DePaul Pop Culture Conference theme this year is Remixing Pop Music, to be held at DePaul in Chicago on May 2. If you're interested in the theme, you can submit an idea for a presentation here (by Jan. 31): popcultureconference.com/2026-remix-p...
RSVP 1 — DePaul Pop Culture Conference
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November 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The DePaul Pop Culture Conference theme this year is Remixing Pop Music, to be held at DePaul in Chicago on May 2. If you're interested in the theme, you can submit an idea for a presentation here (by Jan. 31): popcultureconference.com/2026-remix-p...
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My book Theme Park Fandom is coming out in a much more affordable paperback edition. Pre-order here:
www.routledge.com/Theme-Park-F...
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Theme Park Fandom: Spatial Transmedia, Materiality and Participatory Cultures
Theme Park Fandom argues that serious study of theme parks and their adult fans has much to tell us about contemporary transmediality and convergence, themed and immersive spaces, and audience relatio...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
My book Theme Park Fandom is coming out in a much more affordable paperback edition. Pre-order here:
www.routledge.com/Theme-Park-F...
www.routledge.com/Theme-Park-F...
What do we think, team?
The Cambridge Dictionary has chosen “parasocial” as its Word of the Year for 2025.
November 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
What do we think, team?
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Assistant Professor - English (Digital Narratives) - Sydney, NS - Indeed.com
Cape Breton University
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November 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
SIG members, mark your calendar for our annual SIG meeting on Friday, Dec. 5 at 10am Central / 16:00 UTC. Links and instructions will be sent that week.
November 19, 2025 at 3:40 AM
SIG members, mark your calendar for our annual SIG meeting on Friday, Dec. 5 at 10am Central / 16:00 UTC. Links and instructions will be sent that week.
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Meine Diss, jetzt zum Lesen / Download erhältlich! /
My thesis, now available for reading / downloading!
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#FanStudies
My thesis, now available for reading / downloading!
bibliographie.uni-tuebingen.de/xmlui/bitstr...
#FanStudies
November 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Meine Diss, jetzt zum Lesen / Download erhältlich! /
My thesis, now available for reading / downloading!
bibliographie.uni-tuebingen.de/xmlui/bitstr...
#FanStudies
My thesis, now available for reading / downloading!
bibliographie.uni-tuebingen.de/xmlui/bitstr...
#FanStudies
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Call for Papers: Reading Fanfiction/ Fanfiction Reading
If you have a 3000-4000 literary close reading of a fanfiction story burning to get out, please be in touch! :D
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If you have a 3000-4000 literary close reading of a fanfiction story burning to get out, please be in touch! :D
rb.gy/8hqqzb
rb.gy
October 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Call for Papers: Reading Fanfiction/ Fanfiction Reading
If you have a 3000-4000 literary close reading of a fanfiction story burning to get out, please be in touch! :D
rb.gy/8hqqzb
If you have a 3000-4000 literary close reading of a fanfiction story burning to get out, please be in touch! :D
rb.gy/8hqqzb
SIG members, don't forget that our event with @alfredmartin.bsky.social is a week from today. Al will be talking about his new book, FANDOM FOR US, BY US. Please register here to get the Zoom link: tinyurl.com/fandomforus
November 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
SIG members, don't forget that our event with @alfredmartin.bsky.social is a week from today. Al will be talking about his new book, FANDOM FOR US, BY US. Please register here to get the Zoom link: tinyurl.com/fandomforus
Congratulations to SIG members @fanvidcrit.bsky.social and Samantha Close on the publication of their new book on fan video, and to all the SIG members who contributed essays to this book!
New book ⬇️⬇️⬇️
The Routledge Handbook of Fan Video and Digital Authorship
Edited By Louisa Ellen Stein, Samantha Close
#FanStudies
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
The Routledge Handbook of Fan Video and Digital Authorship
Edited By Louisa Ellen Stein, Samantha Close
#FanStudies
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
The Routledge Handbook of Fan Video and Digital Authorship
This cutting-edge collection explores the histories, aesthetics, and cultural work of fan video across a wide variety of manifestations and genres.
Editors Louisa Ellen Stein and Samantha Close have a...
www.routledge.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Congratulations to SIG members @fanvidcrit.bsky.social and Samantha Close on the publication of their new book on fan video, and to all the SIG members who contributed essays to this book!