We are very happy to announce that the Fan Studies Network special issue of Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception Studies has now been published!
http://www.participations.org/Volume%2010/Issue%201/contents.htm
All content in this special section was written by members of the network and it was co-edited by Lucy Bennett and Tom Phillips. It features the following full length articles:
Bennett, Lucy & Tom Phillips:
‘An introduction: The Fan Studies Network – new connections, new research’
Booth, Paul & Peter Kelly:
‘The changing faces of Doctor Who fandom: New fans, new technologies, old practices?’
Busse, Kristina:
‘Geek hierarchies, boundary policing, and the gendering of the good fan’
Chin, Bertha & Lori Hitchcock Morimoto:
‘Towards a theory of transcultural fandom’
Ellison, Hannah:
‘Submissives, Nekos and Futanaris: a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the Glee Kink Meme’
Hills, Matt:
‘Fiske’s ‘textual productivity’ and digital fandom: Web 2.0 democratization versus fan distinction?’
Lamerichs, Nicolle:
‘The cultural dynamic of doujinshi and cosplay: Local anime fandom in Japan, USA and Europe’
Pett, Emma:
‘”Hey! Hey! I’ve seen this one, I’ve seen this one. It’s a classic!”: Nostalgia, repeat viewing and cult performance in Back to the Future’
Proctor, William:
‘”Holy crap, more Star Wars! More Star Wars? What if they’re crap?”: Disney, Lucasfilm and Star Wars online fandom in the 21st century’
Sandvoss, Cornel:
‘Toward an understanding of political enthusiasm as media fandom: Blogging, fan productivity and affect in American politics’
Whiteman, Natasha, Joanne Metivier:
‘From post-object to “Zombie” fandoms: The “deaths” of online fan communities and what they say about us’
Forum section:
Bury, Rhiannon, Ruth Deller, Adam Greenwood & Bethan Jones:
‘From Usenet to Tumblr: The changing role of social media’
McCulloch, Richard, Virginia Crisp, Jon Hickman & Stephanie Jones:
‘Of proprietors and poachers: Fandom as negotiated brand ownership’
Freund, Kathrina & Dianna Fielding:
‘Research ethics in fan studies’
Jones, Bethan & Lucy Bennett:
‘Blurring boundaries, crossing divides: An interview with Will Brooker’
Delmar, Javier Lozano & Victor Hernández-Santaolalla & Marina Ramos:
‘Fandom generated content: An approach to the concept of ‘fanadvertising”
Sturm, Damion & Andrew McKinney:
‘Affective hyper-consumption and immaterial labors of love: Theorizing sport fandom in the age of new media’
We hope you will find this issue interesting and enjoyable and we look forward to the next Fan Studies network project!
The Fan Studies Network 
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