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  Labor Over Likes: The Messy Boundaries of Media Labor Organization

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  Lesley Willard Emerson College

  October 02, 2023

  Labor Over Likes: The Messy Boundaries of Media Labor Organization influencers content creators fan artists fandom labor unions professionalization Curator's Note In July 2023—two months after the WGA went on strike and days after SAG-AFTRA joined th ...
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  "Avengers" Art Contest: Professionalizing Fans or Fanning Professionals?

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  Lesley Willard Emerson College

  September 24, 2016

  "Avengers" Art Contest: Professionalizing Fans or Fanning Professionals? MCU franchises fandom Fan art comics blockbusters advertising Curator's Note Unlike film and television, the comic and video game industries operate, generally speakin ...