On television and in films, in magazines and books, on the Internet and in the realm of
politics, celebrities of all sorts seem to dominate our attention. Celebrity Society: The …

The digitalization of fandom and fan culture has become significant topic in recent studies,
yet there is a lack of examination of the nuance between specific fan performance and the …

In this article I revisit the concepts of fan culture and community, which have been central to
fan studies. Critiques of subcultural theory, along with fandom's fragmentation into …

As the digitalization of fandom and the fandomization of digital platforms have both been
discussed recently, this study intends to analyze how the logic of digital fandom was …

Gaming livestreams have seen unprecedented growth on platforms such as Twitch. tv and
YouTube Live, especially since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examined …

The history of sports culture and fandom has long been as reactionary as it has been
hospitable to progressive politics. As the most conspicuous recent example, NFL …

In this article, I explain a new media ecology for online television in which the online
audience or fans and their participation play a stronger role in swaying the online video …

As esports continues to grow in popularity, it is important to evaluate esports viewers and the
fan communities that form around esports. The present study surveyed esports fans (N= 174) …

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Objective To develop a scale to assess the excessive behavior of superfans in celebrity
worship and to test its reliability and validity in China. Methods The scale was developed …