Anti-Fandom (eBook)

Dislike and Hate in the Digital Age

Melissa A. Click (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019 | Main
Nyu Press (Verlag)
9781479883240 (ISBN)

Infos

A revealing look at the pleasure we get from hating figures like politicians, celebrities, and TV characters, showcased in approaches that explore snark, hate-watching, and trolling The work of a fan takes many forms: following a favorite celebrity on Instagram, writing steamy fan fiction fantasies, attending meet-and-greets, and creating fan art as homages to adored characters. While fandom that manifests as feelings of like and love are commonly understood, examined less frequently are the equally intense, but opposite feelings of dislike and hatred. Disinterest. Disgust. Hate. This is anti-fandom. It is visible in many of the same spaces where you see fandom: in the long lines at ComicCon, in our politics, and in numerous online forums like Twitter, Tumblr, Reddit, and the ever dreaded comments section. This is where fans and fandoms debate and discipline. This is where we love to hate. Anti-Fandom,a collection of 15 original and innovative essays, provides a framework for future study through theoretical and methodological exemplars that examine anti-fandom in the contemporary digital environment through gender, generation, sexuality, race, taste, authenticity, nationality, celebrity, and more. From hatewatching Girls and Here Comes Honey Boo Boo to trolling celebrities and their characters on Twitter, these chapters ground the emerging area of anti-fan studies with a productive foundation. The book demonstrates the importance of constructing a complex knowledge of emotion and media in fan studies. Its focus on the pleasures, performances, and practices that constitute anti-fandom will generate new perspectives for understanding the impact of hate on our identities, relationships, and communities.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.1.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Postmillennial Pop
• Reihe/Serie: Postmillennial Pop
• Zusatzinfo: 10 black and white illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Ambivalence • ante-fandom • anti-fan studies • Audiences • audiences relationships • bad objects • BDSM • black images • black women • Cancellation • carnivalesque • Celebrities • characters • Childhood • complaining • counterhegemonic • Creativity • criticizing • cultural hierarchies • Digital Environments • Digital Media • digital media culture • disliking • disparaging • dissatisfaction • Doctor Who • dumbing down • Emotion • Engagement • exploitainment • Fan • fan community • Fan fiction • fan object • fan studies • fan text • fantipathy • favorite team • Fifty Shades of Grey • Frustration • gatekeepers • Gender • Gender Relations • Generations • Glee Equality Project • Hate speech • hatewatching • Hegemonic • lived experiences • Mainstream • media consumption • mediated dislike • media texts • misogyny • mob attacks • moral compass • Nationality • online conversations • paratextual role • political antagonism • populist forces • programing strategy • public service broadcasting • Race • rejection discourse • rhetorical functions • self-narrative • socialized fandom • Social Media • social phenomenon • Strong Ties • subcultural capital • Television • television quality
• ISBN-13: 9781479883240 / 9781479883240