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  Why We Hate Jerry Gergich

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  Amanda Ann Klein East Carolina University

  June 07, 2012

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  crux of the running gag’s humor-- the less Jerry deserves his coworker’s contempt, the funnier the ...
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  Backstreet Boys Fandom through a Generational Lens

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  Simone Driessen Erasmus University Rotterdam

  November 02, 2022

  of new music. These revivals or long-running “pop franchises” offer a chance for their longtime fans ...
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  Rearticulating Star Texts Through Japanese Televisual Paratexts: Snow Man and SixTONES on Arashi ni shiyagare

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  Rosaley Gai Stanford University

  Lilian Higashikata The University of British Columbia

  August 31, 2020

  learning about them, possibly for the first time. For fans of SixTONES and Snow Man, the program served to ... shiyagare is an opportunity to see their beloved idols learn about up-and-coming groups of the same agency, ...
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  "Welcome (Or Stay At?) Home:” Theme Parks and COVID-19

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  Carter Moulton Northwestern University

  September 22, 2020

  official ride narration. These recreations of rides like “Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run,” “ Pirates of ...
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  Jerry Sandusky, Joe Paterno and Penn State Fans: Investments of Sympathy and Identity

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  Samir Dayal Bentley University

  November 28, 2011

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  Jerry Sandusky, Joe Paterno and Penn State Fans: Investments of Sympathy and Identity Sports scandals Penn State media identity fans Curator's Note Attesting to the power of media, Jerry Sandusky's first public interview after the Penn State sca ...
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  The Digital Evolution?: From Tabletop to Online Simulation

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  Shane Toepfer University of North Georgia

  June 29, 2012

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  The Digital Evolution?: From Tabletop to Online Simulation gaming history games fans Curator's Note Produced by Filsinger Games, Champions of the Galaxy was released in 1986 as a tabletop card-and-dice game, offering gamers the opportunity to simulat ...
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  Race Horse as Rock Star: Fandom and Zenyatta

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  Holly Kruse Rogers State University

  October 04, 2010

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  Race Horse as Rock Star: Fandom and Zenyatta fandom fans horse racing Zenyatta Curator's Note Six days before the movie Secretariat was scheduled to open in the United States, another star racehorse graced American screens. On October 2, 2010, in a r ...