The world's largest transnational fandom community of the BTS (BangTan Sonyeondan)
ARMY (Adorable Representative MC for Youth) is structured to achieve common goals and …

Social injustices are commonly discussed on social media, presenting opportunities for
youth to engage with this content and develop into engaged citizens. While much has been …

Play is an essential part of the human experience and can be found throughout the lifespan.
While play has long been of interest to the HCI community, research has often focused on …

Standards and their corresponding assessments have continued to narrow English
language arts (ELA) curricula, pushing more playful, creative composition to the margins or …

Activities in the digital economy driven by information technology have rapidly increased in
scope and speed in the aftermath of COVID-19. Meanwhile, social isolation accelerated by …

Enabled by social media, the data frenzy in the data-driven fandom culture in China has
attracted widespread attention. Unlike most forms of data labor and fan activities, Chinese …

Implications Misinformation is recognized as a critical challenge for society (Calo et al.,
2021; O'Connor & Weatherall, 2019). Much of the growing body of empirical work …

We examine an unexpected but significant source of positive public health messaging
during the COVID-19 pandemic—K-pop fandoms. Leveraging more than 7 million tweets …

Abstract During the Black Lives Matter (BLM) digital activism in 2020, Adorable
Representative Master-of-Ceremony for Youth (ARMY), a K-pop fan group for Bangtan Boys …

Professional sports have large fan bases that congregate in online sports fan communities.
The sports community is suitable to be a sandbox for studying offline context's effects on …