The adoring audience fan culture and popular media pdf

In this lecture we will discuss the history and evolution of fandom and celebrity culture. Pectacular meets his adoring fans at wfx wrestling in winnipeg, cn. The adoring audience fan culture and popular media. Television fans and visual culture 1992, lisa lewiss the adoring audience. It selects from the repertoire of massproduced and massdistributed entertainment certain performers, narratives or genres and takes them into the culture of a selfselected fraction of the people. For as long as mass media has existed in the united states, its helped to create and fuel mass crazes, skyrocketing celebrities, and pop culture manias of all kinds. The adoring audience fan culture and popular media edited by lisa a. Lewis is available at in several formats for your ereader. Defining fandom assesses the economic, cultural, political, and theoretical. Drawing on case studies of specific fan groups, from elvis impersonators to xphiles and trekkers, hills discusses a range of approaches to fandom, from the frankfurt school to psychoanalytic readings, and asks whether the development of new media creates the possibility of. The focus on this study is the form of bangtan boys bts fans participatory culture in indonesia through social media twitter in order to build the bangtan boys bts brand.

Emphasising the contradictions of fandom, matt hills outlines how media fans have been conceptualised in cultural theory. By using the term fans we can refer to individuals who have a particular liking or affection for a range of popular cultural texts, celebrities, sports teams, or artifacts. At the time, scholarship on fandom was limited and not readily identi. Beginning with the work on stigma by erving goffman and other scholars, the article contends that the stigma sometimes attached to the production and consumption of popular culture is distinct from the low status associated with certain forms of popular culture. Examining fandom as a distinct form of cultural activity, an eminent list of contributors discuss a range of topics. With the advantage of technology, fan culture has flown through the borders of countries despite of language and culture differences, and it has moved to a new playing field.

The unique social environment surrounding rocky horror points to some of the fascinating ways in which fandom alters and even creates new cultural experiences out of popular media texts. Viewers for quality television, brower production by fans the producerly fan, fiske star trek, rerun, reread, rewritten. An interesting read for everyone involved in the fan community. The adoring audience fan culture and popular mediaedited bylisa a.

This fascinating collection of essays explores the relationship between fans and their adored media products. Contents notes on contributors acknowledgements introduction parti defining fandom vii 30 50 69 84. Isbn 9780415506397 volume 34 issue 2 daniel cavicchi. The cultural economy of fandom by john fiske 1992 from the adoring audience. The firing of a soap opera star, hobson institutionalized fan activism. These individuals typically displaying an affective relationship. This essay examines the situation of fandom in society, and its effect the cultural economy of fandom. Article for summary 1, music 8 the adoring audience fan. Lewis with stories of hysterical teenagers and obsessive fans killing for their heroes, fans and fandom get a bad press. Fandom as pathology the consequences of characterization. The cultural economy of fandom john fiske fandom is a common feature of popular culture in industrial societies. The adoring audience looks deeper into fan culture, particularly as it relates to identity, sexuality and textual production.

Fan culture and popular media, journal of design history, volume 7, issue 3, 1 january 1994, pages 217219. Lewis, my greatest fan first published in 1992 by routledge 11 new fetter lane, london ec4p 4ee simultaneously published in the usa and canada by routledge a division of routledge, chapman and hall, inc. Filking and the social construction of the science fiction fan community, in l. Fan cultures sussex studies in culture and communication. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the adoring audience. Most of them have touch on science fiction, comic books, manga, anime, video games and movies. Examining fandom as a distinct form of cultural activity, an eminent list of contributors.

However, dominant cultural politics characterise such female fan behaviour in adulthood as. Click on this link to view jensens lecture, picassos fame. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Fan culture and popular media this book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. Even in our era of seemingly limitless entertainment options, mass hits like american idol still have the. Common culture, commodity fetishism and the cultural. Fan culture and popular media add to my bookmarks export citation type. The adoring audience isbn 9780415078214 pdf epub lisa a. This paper argues that a better articulated conception of stigma can enhance the analysis of popular culture. Online fan gift culture by karen hellekson 2009 from cinema journal vol. With stories of hysterical teenagers and obsessive fans killing for their heroes, fans and fandom get a bad press.

View essay article for summary 1, music 8 from music 8 at university of california, irvine. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. Media audience fandom other bibliographies cite this. Fan culture and popular media,an anthology that brought together disparate work on enthusiastic audiences of music, film and media, and captured a significant moment in the maturation of fan studies. Lewis london and new york to the memory of delbert e. As always, we welcome any feedback and further discussion.