Rise of the Mandalorians: A Star Wars Costuming Fandom Reacts to Intersectional New Canon Transmediation is often understood as content moving across multiple media platforms, transforming en route to create rich worlds that live beyond a single text. Tha ...
Hi Kathleen, I very much appreciate your discussion of the "generation wars" that are often sparked by reboots and new content in a franchise. Most of my experience with fandoms has been personal as a fan myself; I have not devoted much scholarl ...
Hi Mike, As a mom of two, I know well how enjoyable--and sanity-saving--it can be to apply rhetorical theory to children's media, to which we parents are exposed ad nauseam, so I very much appreciate your post. For a while, my daughter watched Cloudy ...
I wouldn't say they are "forcing" them; fans will sometimes abandon a disappointing text for their own imaginings. But yes, it definitely makes it more appealing. I find it to be clever. ...
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Is media generation an age thing?
Cloudy 2: Jurassic Food?
I wouldn't say they are