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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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Fandom Public and Community on Discord: The Chase Atlantic Fandom by Holly Andrews – 22309268
I argue that the Chase Atlantic discord server forms and maintains a fandom public and fosters community development through the platform’s social affordances enabled by server channels, server-member roles, and application programming interfaces. Key concepts: Social media platform affordances (Zulli & Zulli, 2022, p. 1874) Fandom Publics (Zhang, 2016, pp. 128-131) Communities (Bruns, 2023, p.…
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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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How KPOP Fans Form Community Through Platform Affordances on X – Misha Ribaudo
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More Than Fans: How BTS ARMY Uses TikTok’s Affordances to Build Community and Take Action By Megan Rubie
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Political expression and public engagement in online fandom spaces: Creating community within the ‘Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party’ Facebook page. (Brooke Nunn)
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HOW BEYONCÉ’S FANDOM BUILDS COMMUNITY THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA- Chelsea Maziwa
This presentation explores how social media helps people build communities through the Beyoncé fandom, known as the Beyhive. It focuses on #BeyGOOD, showing how fans go beyond supporting an artist by promoting activism, social justice, and support for the Black community. Using ideas like fandom publics, networked publics, affordances, and imitation, the presentation argues that…
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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
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From Viewers to Community: How The Sidemen Fans Build Connection Through YouTube and TikTok – Isabeau Taylor-Schacht
Today, I’ll be presenting my conference paper exploring the question: how do people form connections and communities through social media? To answer this, I analyse the fan community surrounding the Sidemen, focusing specifically on YouTube and TikTok. I’ll argue that social media affordances, such as commenting, algorithmic visibility, and participatory content creation, transform fans from…
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Content, Comments, and Community – Trix Newton
An Investigation into MCU Fan Behaviour on Tumblr, Bluesky, and Instagram.
Question 1: When I think back on my presentation, I see that one of its shortcomings was that I neglected…