CMS.621 | Fall 2024 | Undergraduate, Graduate

Fans and Fan Cultures

Course Description

This subject examines media audiences—specifically, fans—and the subcultures that evolve around them. Explores practices and products of fan culture, i.e., clubs, fiction, activism, etc. Readings and assignments place these practices and products within the context of various disciplines. This subject requires three …
This subject examines media audiences—specifically, fans—and the subcultures that evolve around them. Explores practices and products of fan culture, i.e., clubs, fiction, activism, etc. Readings and assignments place these practices and products within the context of various disciplines. This subject requires three short papers and presentations. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.
Learning Resource Types
Written Assignments
Presentation Assignments with Examples
Readings
Lecture Notes
Large group of people dressed as comic characters at Comic-Con 2013.
Comic-Con is a well-known celebration of fan culture that takes place yearly across the globe. (Courtesy of PatLoika on Flickr. License: CC BY.)