Review At a time when fans-as cosplayers, Comic Con attendees, consumers, practitioners as well as financiers of crowdfunding projects-are permeating the media and public consciousness, this collection arrives at a critical moment to examine how fans are being represented by various stakeholders, from the perspectives of aca-fans, media practitioners and fan producers themselves. This excellent collection will undoubtedly add to the richness and expansion of the field of fan studies.Bertha Chin, Lecturer of Communication, Swinburne University of Technology, AustraliaThe publication of this engaging collection, thirty years after Saturday Night Live aired a sketch with William Shatner telling the nerdy, obsessive Trekkies to 'get a life', could not be more timely. The chapters, a refreshing combination of critical analyses and interviews, explore representations of media fans in a range of genres and texts across cultures. The takeaway is that actors, content producers, fan scholars and fans themselves continue to grapple with negative stereotypes while refusing to be limited by them.Rhiannon Bury, Associate Professor, Women's and Gender Studies, Athabasca University, Canada About the Author Lucy Bennett is a researcher at JOMEC, Cardiff University, UK. Her work on fan cultures appears in journals such as New Media & Society, Journal of Fandom Studies, Transformative Works and Cultures, Social Semiotics, Continuum, Cinema Journal, Celebrity Studies and Participations. She is the co-founder/chair of the Fan Studies Network and co-editor of Crowdfunding the Future: Media Industries, Ethics and Digital Society (2015).Paul Booth is Associate Professor of Communication at DePaul University, USA. Booth's research interests include fandom, new technologies and media, popular culture, and cult media. He is the author of Time on TV (2012), Digital Fandom (2010), and Playing Fans (2014). He has edited Fan Phenomena: Doctor Who (2013), and has published numerous articles on fans, social media, and technology. He is currently enjoying a cup of coffee.
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