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‘SwiftTok’, How Social Media Affordances on TikTok Shape the Swiftie Community
How social media, specifically TikTok, allows for the formation of connections and communities within fan culture, specifically within the Taylor Swift fandom. …
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The Fans of the Gospels & The Fandom of The Chosen
NETS2004 A2 Conference Paper Presentation “How do people form social connections and communities through social media?” Topic: Fan Culture In this video, I present my case that the fandom of The Chosen was formed as a community using three high-level social media affordances: Fans as stakeholders Fans as advocates Fans as an affective public I…
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K-POP ON TWITTER: SOCIAL AND COMMUNICATIVE AFFORDANCES AND THE FORMATION OF STAN- Peter Stroud
This presentation explores how K-pop fandom utilises various Twitter affordances including social and communicative affordances to form community and connections on Twitter. Using the concepts of Hashtag Hijacking, Stan, Communicative affordances, Social Affordances, Publics, Community and Fandom, the presentations argues that the K-pop fandom utilises Stans and hashtag hijacking to construct communities through active participation,…
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Participation as Labour: Social Media Affordances and the Formation of BTS ARMY — aksah mathew
This presentation explores how BTS’s fandom, ARMY, forms communities through social media platforms such as TikTok and X. Using concepts including platform affordances, participatory culture, fandom publics, and digital labour, the presentation argues that fan communities are built through active participation, shared visibility, and coordinated engagement, while also considering how fan practices can also act…
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How Swifties Use Social Media Affordances To Build Form Communities — Amelia Gellard
This video is about a case study on Taylor Swifts fandom, the Swiftie’s, and how social media enables the formation of online communities and publics, focussing specifically on the platforms TikTok and X.
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Tyler James (22224921), Reshaping Traditional Fandoms: How affordances have facilitated global football publics.
Football fandom public traditionally restricted international fandom due to its conservative, intranational fan culture. Through the affordances of X and YouTube, the English Premier League was able to create a global community, capable of international connections, community protesting and fan engagement.
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How TikTok Shapes Fan Communities – Lilly Rigby
This video shows how TikTok trends grow over time, with a large number of users interacting with and recreating the same content. It highlights how popular trends spread quickly through the platform, encouraging more users to participate and engage.
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Reactivating Fan Communities: BigBang’s 2026 Comeback – Thi Phuong Thuy Mai
This video explores how BIGBANG’s 2026 comeback became more than a music return; It turned into a powerful fan culture moment on social media. Through concepts like affordances, participatory culture, and belonging, it shows how digital platforms helped fans reconnect, interact, and rebuild a shared community worldwide.
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Harry Potter Fandom on TikTok – Ellysa Ignatescu
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One Piece-Macaellah Ritchie
This case study breaks down “How tiktok enables the formation of social connections and communities that contribute to the growth of the one piece anime fandom.
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Deep Diving into Cyberpunk 2077 Fandom: Fan Videos, Creative Affordances, and Social Inequality on YouTube – Nur Aliah Shaharudin
In this presentation, I discuss how fans of Cyberpunk 2077 uses YouTube as a platform to make deep-dives content about the game characters, how the game mirror’s the real world and capitalism. Script: script.docx
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Cara Gilligan – Global Fantasy Fandom
Cara Gilligan – Global Fantasy Fandom Social Media Affordances
Question 1: When I think back on my presentation, I see that one of its shortcomings was that I neglected…