MCOM388

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Examines fans, fan studies, objects of fandom, and fan works with a goal toward understanding the political, economic, and cultural implications of existing both within and in opposition to fan cultures. Students will have the opportunity to read, analyze, and perform fan behaviors and activities such as fan fiction, fan vidding, hashtagging, and meme production, while also examining how issues of race, gender, sexual identity, class, and nationality impact broader habits of media consumption and identity formation.

EMME: Major-Media and Comms Elective, ENME: Minor-Media and Comms Elective, MMED: Major-Media and Communications, NMED: Minor-Media and Communications