FANS

This week, we read about fans and the implications of these communities on society. While reading in Keywords, I noticed the quote,

Fans

“Emphasis has shifted from fan identities (who fans are), to fan activities (what fans do), to fan communities (where

“One of the main ways that Black female fandom makes Black femininity visible is by consciously moving mediated women of

“Thus, while the casting for Pope was about intentionally auditioning women of color, the actual part required the actress to

For my blog post I wanted to explore the problem Olivia Pope from Scandal creates for Black woman fandoms and

While reading the “Fan” Keywords chapter along with Ellcessor’s piece on Constructing Social Media’s Indie Auteurs, I was really intrigued

“Fandom also constituted a kind of reading formation with its own reception norms that shaped what kinds of interpretations

This weeks reading about fandom inspired me to create a video that touches on the issues of how the production

For this video, I decided to focus on the Warner reading where she talks about fandoms, specifically fandoms consisting of

I decided to go for an aesthetically pleasing video as the focus for my blog post. I felt that for