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  The Bonds of Brotherhood

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  Louisa Stein Middlebury College

  February 13, 2007

  excerpt demonstrates Supernatural’ s head-on address of the queer possibilities borne of Sam and ...
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  Nuts!: The Fan Campaign to Save Jericho

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  Chuck Tryon Fayetteville State University

  June 13, 2007

  rally support for the show and to make fan interest as visible as possible. Of course, the most ...
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  On Political Satire: ‘Ha-Ha’ Funny or Contemptuously So?

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  Jeffrey P. Jones Old Dominion University

  July 24, 2007

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  On Political Satire: ‘Ha-Ha’ Funny or Contemptuously So? satire George W. Bush politics FOX fandom Comedy Central Gulliver’s Travels Half-Hour News Hour humor Daily Show Lil Bush criticism animation Little Rascals Jon Stewart contempt anti-fandom Rory Bre ...
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  Indian Idol and Flash Fandom

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  Aswin Punathambekar University of Michigan

  November 21, 2007

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  focused on how finalist Amit Paul managed to create a space for people in northeast India to cast aside ...
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  A Double Drabble* of Bugger All: On Monty Python’s Galaxy Song

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  John Hartley Queensland University of Technology (Australia)

  November 23, 2007

  1 comment

  who’s into something that requires an operational brain and some creativity. ' I’m not a fan of ...
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  You Can’t Stop the Beat – Dance: The Gen X Addiction

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  Kelli Kilgore City of Virginia Beach

  December 04, 2007

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  this seemingly banal show that made so many clamor to watch and vote and run to see it live? I’m not ...
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  Calling on the Colbert Nation: How fan practices complicate irony

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  Catherine Burwell University of Toronto

  January 17, 2008

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  Calling on the Colbert Nation: How fan practices complicate irony politics fandom parody participation irony Stephen Colbert The Colbert Report Linda Hutcheon Colbert Nation Green Screen Challenge Jedis Curator's Note Irony, we know, is always a slip ...
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  “Not Only Human”- an X-Files vid by Killa and Laura Shapiro

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  Tisha Turk Grinnell College

  January 29, 2008

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  “Not Only Human”- an X-Files vid by Killa and Laura Shapiro X-Files fandom fan vids editing affect aesthetics Curator's Note One of the most common subgenres of vid is the character study, in which vidders illuminate characters’ emotions or motivatio ...
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  “Us”- a multivid by Lim

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  Kristina Busse Independent Scholar

  February 01, 2008

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  “Us”- a multivid by Lim V for Vendetta Star Trek Lim fannish engagement fandom fan vids editing affect Curator's Note /we’re living in a den of thieves Lim’s vid thematizes and illustrates how media fans engage with texts—not only the intense love fa ...
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  Man Out of Time: Lost Season 3 Finale

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  Will Brooker Kingston University

  February 12, 2008

  13 comments

  Man Out of Time: Lost Season 3 Finale transmedia temporality puzzles narrative Lostpedia Lost games fandom collective intelligence brand communities ARG ABC Curator's Note It opens, of course, in medias res. We are thrown into the scene – thrown forw ...

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