OTW Fannews: Fandom as the Solution
Language English Vulture recently did a long feature on fans and fandoms which included rating "devoted" fandoms, profiling particularly active fans from major fandoms, and a few other fandom-related...
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Language English Bob Tarantino at JD Supra Law updated a 2010 discussion about fanfic in light of recent developments in Canada. "A discussion of the legal implications of fan fiction would not be...
View ArticleOTW Fannews: Pushback on Kindle Worlds
Language English The first wave of Kindle Worlds press coverage mostly quoted from Amazon's press release with a few reaction links. Follow-up articles proved to be more critical and more aware of...
View ArticleOTW Fannews: OTW and the Press
Language English The Kindle Worlds story didn't just result in hundreds of media outlets running pieces on the story, but also quite a few requests to the OTW for comment. While some have been...
View ArticleOTW Fannews: Cultural objects
Language English The Barnard Center for Research on Women's blog proposed feminist remixes as the next step to combating negative media representations. "Through our studies, work, and activism, many...
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OTW Fannews: The visibility of gender
Language English The rise in fandom visibility seems to be leading to an increasing media backlash about fans expressing themselves but women fare differently in these discussions. A particularly...
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OTW Fannews: Documenting Fandom
Language English The Hollywood Reporter wrote about Japan smashing the tweets per second world record. The reason? The word "balus" was tweeted "during a television broadcast of Hayao Miyazaki's anime...
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OTW Fannews: Not so surprising sports fandoms
Language English Although they're among the most visible fandoms in many cultures, sports fandoms are also often gendered in the media. Forbes took note of better-late-than-never marketing to women,...
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OTW Fannews: Criticizing Fandom
Language English Entertainment Weekly kicked off a new pop-culture-related column with a look at TV show finales and cited former OTW board member Francesca Coppa. "Mentally, it is difficult to imagine...
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OTW Fannews: Fanworks going public
Language English Over the last ten years as fanworks have spread to more and more online sites, it's become a daily occurrence to find a media story pointing to one or more of them. Often these stories...
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OTW Fannews: What fanfic does for writers
Language English Two articles examined the value of Amazon's Kindle Worlds. Slate featured author Hugh Howey. "I had read Slaughterhouse-Five in high school and didn’t really get it. And then a few...
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OTW Fannews: Getting Along
Language English TIME's James Poniewozik examined why different media fandoms need to play nice. "Outlander the TV series is an adaptation, which Starz–like HBO or AMC or any other adapter–is making...
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OTW Fannews: Product Placement
Language English Vulture released a series of articles on fanfiction, including an attempt to unravel "My Immortal", and a look at some published authors discussing fanfiction activities. "[T]he...
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Fannews: It's the Little Things
Language English At Huffington Post, The Flash actress Candice Patton was happy to hear about fanfic about her character. "There's Iris fan fiction? That's news to me. I try to stay off the parts of...
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OTW Fannews: Who's Fandoming Now?
Language English South Africa's Daily Maverick provided an overview of fandom with some definitions. "You cannot be a part of fandom if you love something but do not interact with fellow fans. Fandom...
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OTW Fannews: Fangirls in the Wild
Language English San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) season means it's time for the media to once again declare that fangirls exist. The New York Times thought this was the year for fangirls. "A bunch of...
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OTW Fannews: Staying Vigilant
Language English The Japan News posted a story about how a Trans-Pacific Partnership crackdown could affect fanfiction publishing. "[T]he 12 nations engaged in the TPP negotiations are building a...
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OTW Fannews: What's in a Name?
Language English The New Statesman weighed in on an important discussion as fanworks become more well known: what actually counts as one? "It comes down, as it often does, to money. Because money, and...
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OTW Fannews: For Reals
Language English The BBC noted that fans have been right all along in their devotion to popular culture, given that it's adding to the stories of old. "Our modern civilisation, like all civilisations...
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OTW Fannews: Setting Goals
Language English The Phillipine Star offered a look at fanfic's changing prominence. "You, me, and your lola are probably now aware of what fanfiction is. In my simple mind, it used to be some...
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