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  • Links Roundup for 18 November 2011

    Von Claudia Rebaza am Freitag, 18 November 2011 - 4:35pm
    Nachrichtenart:
    News of Note
    Tags:
    Gender and Sexuality, Cosplay, Fan Conventions, Books, Music, Television, Fannish Histories, Fannish Practices, News Media

    Here's a roundup of stories about fans in the media that might be of interest to fans:

    • Australia is launching a comedy television series about fans which "has been compared to The Big Bang Theory", only Outland features a group of gay sci-fi fans. "Outland's producer Laura Waters said: "[Production company] Princess Pictures is proud that closeted science fiction fans will finally have a voice and that a full family of gay Australian characters can go where they never ventured before - prime-time television." (A trailer for the show is available at the link.)
    • An increasing amount of media attention is being paid to fan conventions as journalists take part in them. The result of more "insider" type coverage is reflected in this lengthy television segment on Steampunk fandom that provides not just a look at fan cons, but goes farther to investigate the fandom's origins, and explain its creations and its influence on popular culture.
    • Some of the increasing news coverage of fans can be attributed to their visibility in the social media that journalists happen to pay attention to, making them more familiar with both fans and fannish practices. The multigenerational fans that were shown in the Steampunk con segment, for example, belie the "loner" label so often used in the past in stories on fans. As this essay by a second-generation U2 fan points out, fandom can be a way of life for many. "I must say that U2 are the most important band in my life. They’ve been the soundtrack of the past several years, and they’ve been there for me through all the toughest times, as well being right along for the good times. "

    If you attend fan cons or are part of the Steampunk or Harry Potter fandoms, why not contribute to Fanlore? Additions are welcome from all fans.

    We want your suggestions! If you know of an essay, video, article, event, or link you think we should know about, comment on the most recent Links Roundup — on transformativeworks.org, LJ, or DW — or give @OTW_News a shoutout on Twitter. Links are welcome in all languages!

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  • Links Roundup for 9 November 2011

    Von Claudia Rebaza am Mittwoch, 9 November 2011 - 4:20pm
    Nachrichtenart:
    News of Note
    Tags:
    Business Models, Commercialization of Fans, Twitter, Music, Roleplaying

    Here's a roundup of stories on fan relations with entertainment industries that might be of interest to fans:

    • The Social Media Examiner did a video interview with Carri Bugbee about fan fiction and social media as a brand issue for creators. She was unfamiliar with fan fiction when she began tweeting as the Mad Men character Peggy Olson, so she seemed unaware there was a particular term for what she and the other characters do, RPG. She agreed that some people believed that the RPG was a campaign by AMC, Mad Men's network, especially as Twitter was not well known at the time. She explained though that she was more a fan of Twitter than Mad Men so that her participation was more of a social experiment. However, AMC's response was to suspend the Twitter accounts of the RPG participants only a week after they began tweeting together. She described angry fan reaction, and how the accounts were restored in 24 hours with the request that participants should contact AMC's digital marketing department. Her takeaway for companies is that if they don't manage their characters across the web, that others would and the results might not be what the brands would want. The way she approached her participation was to avoid doing anything she wouldn't do if she were getting paid for the job. The interviewer suggested that fan activities were a boon for brands as they were free advertising, but Bugbee warned that fans could not necessarily be co-opted and might be doing things brands didn't like, so they should be bribed with attention and goodies from the brand owners. She concluded that given the usual marketing costs, these expenses would "be nothing."
    • In a guest post at AllThingsD titled Music for Nothing and the Fans for Free a venture capitalist concluded that "When the dust finally settles between the artists, labels, and distribution companies, everyone will finally realize fans are more valuable than recorded music. As traditional monetization models for recorded music sales slowly fade away, new monetization methods centered on the fan will emerge."

    If you're part of Mad Men or a music fandom, why not contribute to Fanlore? Additions are welcome from all fans.

    We want your suggestions! If you know of an essay, video, article, event, or link you think we should know about, comment on the most recent Links Roundup — on transformativeworks.org, LJ, or DW — or give @OTW_News a shoutout on Twitter. Links are welcome in all languages!

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  • Links Roundup for 2 November 2011

    Von Claudia Rebaza am Mittwoch, 2 November 2011 - 8:45pm
    Nachrichtenart:
    News of Note
    Tags:
    Books, Music, YouTube, Fannish Communities, Entertainment Industries, Fandoms

    Here's a roundup of stories on how fandom is changing for fans that might be of interest to fans:

    • An article on author fan sites (confusingly termed "viral" sites) compares official sites for Twilight, Harry Potter, and Hunger Games and concludes that Twilight's is the most useful because it focuses on its audience instead of its canon. "Twilight Time Capsule is the best out of the three in terms of catering to the fandom. Time Capsule allows the fans to shape a website using their experiences in the fandom. It’s an extensive archive of moments from the rabid fans who are the reason Twilight exists in the first place."
    • The Guardian ran an article questioning the truth of the argument that "for young listeners music isn't as important as it used to be." Citing the previous generation as an aberration in music fan history, the author noted that money and scarcity once dominated music fandom. "Back when music fandom required major pocket money investment, it became a hobby, in competition with others: Airfix, football, stamp collecting. This hobbyist element – the "freaks" who stand out because of the proportion of their time and money they invest in music – may be dwindling."
    • Speaking of Twilight and music, YouTube blogger and author Kaleb Nation who maintains the site TwilightGuy will be the subject of a non-scripted television show which "will follow Kaleb Nation, as he develops … parodies, music videos, and pop culture commentary." A Daily Dot article on the announcement concludes "Nation’s jump from YouTube to Hollywood proves that a successful YouTube channel can lead to a television network program."

    If you're part of a music fandom, make videos, or are part of Twilight, Harry Potter, or Hunger Games fandom, why not contribute to Fanlore? Additions are welcome from all fans.

    We want your suggestions! If you know of an essay, video, article, event, or link you think we should know about, comment on the most recent Links Roundup — on transformativeworks.org, LJ, or DW — or give @OTW_News a shoutout on Twitter. Links are welcome in all languages!

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  • Links Roundup for 26 October 2011

    Von Claudia Rebaza am Mittwoch, 26 Oktober 2011 - 10:57pm
    Nachrichtenart:
    News of Note
    Tags:
    Gender and Sexuality, Commercialization of Fans, Education and Curriculum, Fanfiction , Music, Remix

    Here's a roundup of stories on women in fandom that might be of interest to fans:

    • A post at Pop Culture Pirate both celebrates women's skills in creating remixes, and urges others to join in. "For women and girls, especially, it’s a way to talk back to branded affirmations of beauty, take back our identities from corporate commodification, and create better stories about women that don’t revolve around men."
    • Two instructors at the The Alice Smith School Secondary Campus in Malaysia also urge the hands-on approach when writing about how to use fan fiction in the classroom to help students better engage with literature. Among their suggestions are the “substitute” ending, the "“what if?” of both characters and events", creating backstories, imagining crossovers, and creating diary entries or email exchanges for characters.
    • Much of the media coverage of fans tends to focus less on fan activities than in how they make a good market for the entertainment industry. In this article from the Christian Science Monitor titled "Duran Duran fans spend hard", fan finances are the focus in a piece that nonetheless reveals the fandom's influence on their lives. "Kasandra O’Connell lives in Dublin, Ireland. At the end of October, she will travel to New York on business. The trip, however, coincides with Duran Duran’s Madison Square Garden show...She plans to travel to Venice, Italy, in the spring for a concert. "I never would have traveled like this to see them before Twitter but I've met so many ‘DD sistahs’ that I feel perfectly happy traveling and meeting up with new friends,” O’Connell says.""

    If you create remixes or fan fiction or travel to concerts, why not contribute your perspectives to Fanlore? Contributions are welcome from all fans.

    We want your suggestions! If you know of an essay, video, article, event, or link you think we should know about, comment on the most recent Links Roundup — on transformativeworks.org, LJ, or DW — or give @OTW_News a shoutout on Twitter. Links are welcome in all languages!

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  • Links Roundup for 24 October 2011

    Von Claudia Rebaza am Montag, 24 Oktober 2011 - 2:49pm
    Nachrichtenart:
    News of Note
    Tags:
    Business Models, Gaming, Books, Music, Entertainment Industries, Fandoms

    Here's a roundup of stories on fandom and creator interactions that might be of interest to fans:

    • This Magazine featured professional book fans Book Madam & Associates who "spread their appreciation through blogs, tweets, and occasional podcasts, events, DJ playlists, and online comics clumsily drawn in Microsoft Paint" from various Canadian cities. The group is focused not only on the interests of readers but on increasing the success of books in the marketplace. "A new returns policy instituted by Indigo Books & Music will soon see Canada’s largest retail book chain sending books back to publishers 45 days after they’ve been ordered, slicing in half the long-standing 90-day returns term. That means some books will have only a month and a half to make an impact on readers."
    • While Book Madam is trying to promote the medium of books, some fans are banding together to promote artists directly. This has usually been done collectively, but in one case, a fan was the sole sponsor of a musical tour: "A physician by trade, Tanaka loves independent, underground music from Japan, not something Toronto tends to have in abundance." Rather than continue to go to Japan to enjoy his favorite bands, Tanaka decided to bring them to Canada. Speaking of his $30,000 in losses, Tanaka pointed out “I could buy a car, but I already have a car. What’s that going to do for me? These are memories of a lifetime.”
    • Taking a contrary view, a blogger at Game Informer asks "How Much Should the Gamer Influence the Game?" After pointing out how fans flesh out the characters and storylines in a game, Oni no Tenshi adds "Bottom line here is that the fans of a series often dictate certain things, which result in the change of gameplay options, story arcs, and even characters themselves. Sometimes it's even more insidious-it's based on "market research" or "test audiences" that basically curtail or squash creativity in gaming stories and ideas simply because games are first and foremost a commercial endeavor and not purely available as artistic and creative outlets."

    If you're part of a gaming, music, or book fandom, why not contribute your perspectives to Fanlore? Contributions are welcome from all fans.

    We want your suggestions! If you know of an essay, video, article, event, or link you think we should know about, comment on the most recent Links Roundup — on transformativeworks.org, LJ, or DW — or give @OTW_News a shoutout on Twitter. Links are welcome in all languages!

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  • Links Roundup for 12 October 2011

    Von Claudia Rebaza am Mittwoch, 12 Oktober 2011 - 1:57pm
    Nachrichtenart:
    News of Note
    Tags:
    Studies, Music, Sports, Television, Entertainment Industries, Fandoms, Technology

    Here's a roundup of fandom statistics stories that might be of interest to fans:

    • Exact numbers in fandoms can be hard to come by, but new attempts are always being made. The NY Times published The Geography of College Football Fans in which sports bloggers detailed their use of various sources to depict what places in the U.S. tend to be hot or cold spots for that fandom.
    • A Pearl Jam fan, who is also a college professor, created a video lecture called Pearl Jam Fandom *A Statistical Analysis in which he examined aspects of the fandom by the numbers.
    • Two presentations were made at the Content Marketing World conference which dealt with fandom: Sports Marketing discussed a "Fanographies" program to promote teams since "[o]ur fans could tell our story better than we could", and Rise of the SuperFan presented strategies to engage fans around their favorite TV content, which included "conduct[ing] Facebook polls that actually affect programming."
    • Lastly, this post, from the staff of bookmarking site Pinboard, highlights a case study of why businesses might want to know more about fandom statistics before making decisions that affect many of their customers.

    If you're part of Pearl Jam, TV, or sports fandoms why not contribute your own statistics to Fanlore? Contributions are welcome from all fans.

    We want your suggestions! If you know of an essay, video, article, event, or link you think we should know about, comment on the most recent Links Roundup — on transformativeworks.org, LJ, or DW — or give @OTW_News a shoutout on Twitter. Links are welcome in all languages!

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  • Links Roundup for 28 September 2011

    Von Claudia Rebaza am Mittwoch, 28 September 2011 - 4:24pm
    Nachrichtenart:
    News of Note
    Tags:
    Gaming, Books, Fanfiction , Movies, Music, Remix, Fannish Histories

    Here's a roundup of stories about enduring fandom that might be of interest to fans:

    • Last week, US NPR radio show Fresh Air rebroadcast its interview with author Allison Pearson about her novel I Think I Love You, in which she fictionalizes her experience as a Partridge Family fan in 1970s England. She discusses both her own life and the novel, noting, "We carry our younger selves with us our whole lives, and we can measure out [our] lives somewhat by music we've loved or icons we've loved."
    • Liz Danforth, an editor, writer, game scenario designer, and game developer discussed her turn into fan fiction, which she believes has resulted in some of her best work. "I felt the itch to write the first fiction I had even attempted in almost a decade, but I was shamefaced at the prospect of writing fanfic. I was a pro! Fanfic was for amateurs!...To my shock, I found I was still a writer after all. I had stories to tell. I had a character I adored, living in a world that I was passionate about. If there is nothing else WoW ever gave me, it gave me back a part of myself I truly believed lost. And I will be grateful forever."
    • For those who express their fannishness without the written word, a new site, Star Wars Remix, launched this month seeking contributions from those who see their fandom in everyday objects, from thumbtacks to burgers.

    If you're part of music, gaming, or Star Wars fandom, why not contribute your experiences to Fanlore? Contributions are welcome from all fans.

    We want your suggestions! If you know of an essay, video, article, event, or link you think we should know about, comment on the most recent Links Roundup — on transformativeworks.org, LJ, or DW — or give @OTW_News a shoutout on Twitter. Links are welcome in all languages!

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  • Links Roundup for 23 September 2011

    Von Claudia Rebaza am Freitag, 23 September 2011 - 3:33pm
    Nachrichtenart:
    News of Note
    Tags:
    Gender and Sexuality, Commercial Works Authors, Music, Entertainment Industries

    Here's a roundup of stories about pros saying fannish things that might be of interest to fans:

    • Sci-fi author Nicola Griffiths posted about questions she was asked as part of a BBC series on the history of women in science fiction. which dealt with how gender and sexuality have been addressed in the genre. Some of her comments will resonate with fan fiction writers: "Realism, mundane fiction, can only explore gender in terms of What Is: what's possible within the legal, cultural, and biological constraints of the reader and writer's society. SF gets to ask What If? You could argue that SF is, essentially, a post-modernist genre, obsessed with not accepting fixed meaning."
    • Communications scholar Nancy Baym interviewed numerous musicians for her presentation Biting and Feeding the Hands That Feed which focused on "broaden[ing] the discussion beyond what fans do to consider the richness of the ways those practices affect artists and creators."
    • Singer Michael Bolton provided his own example of fan interaction in an interview about how his Saturday Night Live appearance as a movie fanboy, obsessed with the Pirates of the Carribean marathon he had just seen, has brought him new admirers. "“You won’t believe the people that are yelling “Jack Sparrow!” as soon as I walk on stage...I’m also getting high-fives from an audience that is not my touring audience — the 14- to 40-year-old male YouTube audience.”"

    If you're part of music or sci-fi literature fandom, why not contribute your experiences to Fanlore? Contributions are welcome from all fans.

    We want your suggestions! If you know of an essay, video, article, event, or link you think we should know about, comment on the most recent Links Roundup — on transformativeworks.org, LJ, or DW — or give @OTW_News a shoutout on Twitter. Links are welcome in all languages!

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  • Links Roundup for 9 September 2011

    Von Claudia Rebaza am Freitag, 9 September 2011 - 4:00pm
    Nachrichtenart:
    News of Note
    Tags:
    Activism, Gender and Sexuality, Comics, Tumblr, Music, Fannish Communities, Sports, Entertainment Industries

    Here's a roundup of stories about fan protests that might be of interest to fans:

    • Fans on Tumblr planned a Blackout Day to protest changes on the site on September 3. It's not clear how effective the protest was in terms gaining the attention of Tumblr management but it may have had an impact on site traffic.
    • During Comic-Con in July, fans protested DC Comics' decision to reboot many of their series, a change which erased or sidelined a number of female and minority characters and contributed to the reduced number of female creators at DC. DC cited fan concerns in their announcement that they would be preparing "new projects with women creators in the coming months."
    • Numerous fan clubs for Michael Jackson have been protesting a planned charity concert in Wales to honor him, citing concerns about where the money will go, the invited performers, and the timing of the event while the trial of Jackson's doctor continues.
    • A fan dubbed Clipper Darrell is planning to stage a sleep-in to protest the NBA lockout which will deprive him of seeing his Clippers basketball team. Although his is a solo protest, a group of Dodgers baseball fans have staged two protests regarding poor management of their team. While the effectiveness of these efforts is in doubt, the article concludes "you have to give fans credit when they are willing to stand up for what they believe in...This group of fans is doing something about it."

    If you're part of a fandom on Tumblr or DC Comics, why not contribute your experiences to Fanlore? Contributions are welcome from all fans.

    We want your suggestions! If you know of an essay, video, article, event, or link you think we should know about, comment on the most recent Links Roundup — on transformativeworks.org, LJ, or DW — or give @OTW_News a shoutout on Twitter. Links are welcome in all languages!

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  • Links Roundup for 29 August 2011

    Von Claudia Rebaza am Montag, 29 August 2011 - 7:45pm
    Nachrichtenart:
    News of Note
    Tags:
    Books, Music, Technology

    Here's a roundup of stories about fannish technology that may be of interest to fans:

    • Last week the Electronic Frontier Foundation posted about a recent U.S. court decision on the legality of online music storage. While noting that the court upheld penalties for businesses who don't respond to valid takedown notices, the EFF concluded that "Overall, we were glad to see the Court get it right that music locker services fall safely within the DMCA’s safe harbors, which Congress designed to foster innovation on the Internet. MP3tunes and all the music locker services that have followed it give music fans more options for storing and listening to the music they already own, helping realize the promise of that innovation."
    • While music fans have been adopting online music storage, many fanfic readers have been adopting eReaders to store and access their fannish materials. A recent survey by Nielsen concluded: "Looking at the data by gender underlines key changes in the eReader category. Sixty-one percent of all eReader owners are now female, compared to a mere 46 percent in Q3 2010." Most significant is the growth in users 55 and older who now account for 30% of the eReader market compared to owning a much smaller percentage of similar technology such as smartphones and tablets. The AO3 has been proactive in the inclusion of easy downloading formats for text content, which is not only a convenience for fans but enhances accessibility for all users.

    If you're part of music fandoms or have long used eReaders to access fanfic, why not contribute your experiences to Fanlore? Additions to the site are welcome from all fans.

    We want your suggestions! If you know of an essay, video, article, event, or link you think we should know about, comment on the most recent Links Roundup — on transformativeworks.org, LJ, or DW — or give @OTW_News a shoutout on Twitter. Links are welcome in all languages!

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