The Elusive Fandom: The Problem Field of Foreign Fan Studies

The article is dedicated to an overview of English-language fan studies as an interdisciplinary research area. In particular, it discusses trends in the development of fan studies, various approaches to the conceptualization of fandom and fans, as well as the phenomenon of “aca-fans” and the specifi...

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Published in:	Социологический журнал
Main Author:	Evgenia G. Nim
Format:	Article
Language:	Russian
Published:	Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology 2024-06-01
Subjects:	fan studies fandoms fans participatory culture online communities acafans
Online Access:	https://www.journal-socjournal.ru/index.php/socjournal/article/view/9467/9270

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