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Yifei Yang
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PhDancing with ics-UCD| digging into queer fan culture globally
Connect me on LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yifei-yang-a000b6292?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app
Always glad to see research on Danmu, the most underrated Bilibili feature that keeps this platform alive and thriving
July 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Open Access Article from Practicing Anthropology: Friends, Fandom, Family: A Framework for a Future in Fan Studies by Equinox Hartman doi.org/10.1080/0888...

@practicinganthro1.bsky.social
#SfAA #socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology #PracticingAnthropology
July 18, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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And we have a poster now! See roccetlab.ca/convention-c... for more details on this exciting workshop.
July 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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New article in
Psychology of Popular Media. Advance ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Lee, A. B. D. (2025). Weathering the storm: Grief and fan identity following the loss of a fan object.

#FanStudies

doi.org/10.1037/ppm0...
APA PsycNet
doi.org
July 22, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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The Routledge Companion to #SuperheroStudies 🦸, edited by Lorna Piatti-Farnell & Carl Wilson, now has a cover & is due out at the end of October!
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
Includes a chapter by me on depiction of Marvel's #Loki as queer antihero. Really keen to get into more #ComicStudies
July 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Probably the most fun I had recording a podcast! Thanks to @giagia.co.uk and Tim Vermeulen for inviting me to come on and ramble about #fandoms and #fancultures!

40. Fandom - Bertha Chin open.substack.com/pub/theclust...
40. Fandom - Bertha Chin
Bertha Chin is a Senior Lecturer in Communications And New Media at the National University of Singapore.
open.substack.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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If you are interested in learning more about #Xiaohongshu #RedNote, @restofworld.org has published many in-depth stories about the community:

My story on XHS as an ultra-consumerist app, showing young women a polished, bougie, often-unattainable way of life.
restofworld.org/2023/xiaohon...
Xiaohongshu is teaching young Chinese women how to buy the perfect life
Known as China’s “lifestyle bible,” the social media platform is an aspirational living guide or a consumerist trap.
restofworld.org
January 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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How do content creators learn about a dozen platforms and push their content into the ‘for you’ page?🤔

In this new OA paper in New Media & Society, I explore transnational creators' algorithmic and visibility practices across multiple Chinese and US-based platforms.

🔗 shorturl.at/f0mAC
January 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM