Choose one media text or fan community that you are personally familiar with.

This could include:

a television show

a movie franchise

a music artist or group

an anime or manga series

a video game

a social media creator or online community

a fandom (Marvel, K-pop, Star Wars, etc.)

a Broadway musical or theater production

Then connect your example to ONE of this weeks readings

Your goal is to show how the concepts from the reading help us understand how audiences, fans, or media communities interact with culture.

Introduce your example

What show, artist, fandom, or media community are you discussing?

Why do you enjoy or follow it?

Briefly explain one concept from one of the readings

Examples could include:

audience interpretation (Rose)

fan labor (Busse)

celebrity feminism (Hobson)

fanfiction and participatory culture (Chandler-Olcott & Mahar)

race, music, and cultural representation (Kajikawa)

Make the connection

Explain how your chosen media example illustrates the concept from the reading.

For example, you might discuss:

how fans create TikTok edits or fan art (fan labor)

how audiences interpret characters differently (audience studies)

how a celebrity influences feminist conversations (celebrity feminism)

how fans write alternate storylines (fanfiction culture)

how music or casting choices shape representation

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