Reading notes: interesting tidbits on scholarly fans (part 1)

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Some disorganized thoughts on Fan Cultures (preface and introduction), Matt Hills.

pxi-xii: "In specific institutional context, such as academia, 'fan' status may be devalued and taken as a sign of 'inappropriate' learning and uncritical engagement with the media."

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Fan fanboys and fan fangirls -edited

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From Matt Hills again, page 11: "Couldry (1996: 326) notes that 'Jenkins ... is explicitly both an analyst and a fan (of the type he analyses)."

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