If your X (née Twitter) feed has been looking like SantaCon recently, there may be a very funny reason. So many fandoms, from ...

The media revolution has turned attention into a valuable asset, but talent that focuses on audience connection instead of exposure will build enduring legacies. That’s the magic of fandoms. The power ...

Why do some things totally fail to engage a fandom audience? There’s nothing more tempting to a fanfic writer than extrapolating on canonical relationships. That’s why there are so many fanfics about ...

Fandoms have got a lot of media attention for their toxicity. But there’s a big flip side — one that describes the mental health and community benefits of being a fan. When psychologist Lynn Zubernis ...

This episode uses functional definitions of religion to analyze fandoms without cheap comparisons. Drawing on Victor and Edith Turner’s theory of liminality, it shows how Disney World, Comic-Con, and ...

Recently, I was browsing through Instagram when I discovered a movie titled The Idea of You that closely resembled fanfictions about singer-songwriter Harry Styles. Curious, I researched a bit and ...

He was an icon in the purest sense of the word, and yet, even all of that fails to encapsulate what made him truly special, ...

Many people argue that fandom as it exists today began in the late 1960s with Star Trek conventions that brought together "mega fans" who created an entire IRL community based on their favorite ...