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Fan + Podcasting = Fancasting

Monday, October 22, 2018 to Friday, October 26, 2018

Theme week organized by

Dafna KaufmanGeorgia State University

TV Fancasts and the Pleasures of Episodic Consumption

By Zoë Shacklock

Monday, October 22, 2018

My Favorite Podcast: Considerations of Celebrity in Podcast Culture

By Dafna Kaufman

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Reaction Videos as Fancasting: Elevating Reaction Videos through Continuous Series Coverage and Conversation

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

WTF? How a podcast established a unique transmedia dialogue

By Brad Mitchell

Monday, May 18, 2015

Hardcore Historian: The Amateur as Expert

By Andrew J. Salvati

Friday, May 22, 2015

Featured Content

9/24/2018 to 9/28/2018
Women's Politicized Screen Voices

Theme week organized by
Jennifer O'MearaTrinity College Dubliin
10/15/2018 to 10/19/2018
Staff Picks
10/22/2018 to 10/26/2018
Fan + Podcasting = Fancasting

Theme week organized by
Dafna KaufmanGeorgia State University
10/8/2018 to 10/12/2018
#MeToo Media Coverage

Theme week organized by
Ashley JonesGeorgia State University
10/1/2018 to 10/5/2018
Remediation

Theme week organized by
Wolfgang BoehmGeorgia State University
9/17/2018 to 9/21/2018
Making-Ofs and Behind the Scenes

Theme week organized by
Daniel SteinhartUniversity of Oregon

Recent comments

Re: The risk of claiming #metoo

CfP on the Intersectionality of the #MeToo movement

By Volha Kananovich

Friday, October 12, 2018 - 02:03

Amy, thanks for raising those points. I think there is a lot that we as scholars can do to reveal tensions like these in the ongoing conversation around sexual assault. This is one of the motivations that we had in mind when developing a CfP for...
Re: Sass Mouth Dames and the Art of No

A negative chorus effect

By Jennifer O'Meara

Thursday, September 27, 2018 - 09:56

I love your point about female audiences' using the women's on-screen refusals as inspiration for real-life interactions. So often the focus is on how spectators copy the appearance of characters/film stars, with their influence as verbal role-...
Re: A Voice of Color in an Ocean of Whiteness: Big Little Lies and #MeToo

Hearing Bonnie in the final episode

By Jennifer O'Meara

Thursday, September 27, 2018 - 09:49

Thanks, Anna. I agree that her single scream in that climatic scene is crucial. I would say that her singing performance earlier in that final episode is another key moment in terms of her voice being amplified (and that it's something of a...
Re: The televisual nag: rethinking women’s mediated public voices

"Clueless academic"

By Jennifer O'Meara

Thursday, September 27, 2018 - 09:38

Thanks, Jilly, for highlighting how quickly people moved to analysing the Beard example from the perspective of social media misogyny, disregarding the significance of the televisual origins. That said, looking at how Beard is described in that...
Re: Eroticizing Margot Robbie's voice through ASMR whispers

Do they ever ask a man to

By Megan McGurk

Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 09:47

Do they ever ask a man to contribute in whispers to the series? Instead of sotto voce bits on hairspray, heels, and champagne, I had hope she would break out of the sexy voice and let rip with a primal scream. Thanks for that, Jennifer. I wasn't...