Nov 7, 2012 | Animation, Comics, fan culture, Television, Volume 20
Abstract: Since the international popularisation of anime and manga, the bishounen has been one of Japan’s best recognised archetypal figures. But where did this stereotypical look come from, and is it a purely fictional representation? This paper examines the...
Nov 7, 2012 | Animation, Comics, Digital Media/Internet, fan culture, Film, Games, Older Media, Television, Volume 20
Abstract: This essay examines a contemporary cultural icon that operates across distinct media boundaries, as a kind of transmedia archetype. Of interest is the visuality of what I call the ‘single female intruder’, which emerges as the intersection of a variety of...
Nov 6, 2012 | fan culture, Film, Television, Urban Space, Volume 20
Abstract Fan pilgrimages to media locations have been variously described as fads or underground activities. More recently there has been a trend to consider cult media tourism as increasingly incorporated into official tourism branding and promotion strategies. This...
Aug 1, 2011 | Digital Media/Internet, fan culture, Music, Television, Volume 19
Abstract: While scholars have paid much attention to YouTube in a Web 2.0 environment, the YouTube blockbuster is yet to be discussed as part of this convergence culture. It differs from transmedia storytelling in that no single company owns or controls the characters...
Aug 1, 2011 | Television, Volume 19
“I don’t think I realised it until this moment. But it must be hard being a man too… Mr. Draper, I don’t know what it is you really believe in but I do know what it feels like to be out of place, to be disconnected, to see the whole world laid out in front of you,...
May 6, 2011 | Browse by Media, fan culture, Film, Music, Older Media, Television, Volume 18
What does it mean to say a text is within, or representative of, a transitional state? Is such a position even possible given we must always choose a point of fixity from which to proceed in our analysis? Popular culture, and the media through which it is transmitted,...
