My Fandom and Me

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dc.contributor.advisorAlisha Menzies, Ph.D.
dc.contributor.authorGibson, Genoa
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-19T15:21:24Z
dc.date.available2021-08-19T15:21:24Z
dc.date.issued2021-08
dc.description.abstractThis study aims to investigate the changing idea of what it means to be a fan in recent years through an interconnected web of social media relationships and decreasing authenticity factors. By contextually analyzing an existing fandom, The BeyHive, and combining the research and scholarship of pop culture, mediated pop culture, fandom, and social media, I can contextually analyze fandom, celebrity, and authenticity to consider the changing nature of fandom culture. The analysis concluded that while celebrity culture and social media continue to grow as a part of our society, it also damages the existence of fandom culture as we know it. By looking at the cycling effects mediated pop culture, celebrity, and fandom culture have on each other, we have seen how celebrities shape our behaviors as we, in turn, shape theirs.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11868/2098
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherMAPC, The University of Tampaen_US
dc.subjectPop cultureen_US
dc.subjectFandom cultureen_US
dc.subjectSocial mediaen_US
dc.subjectThe Beyhiveen_US
dc.subjectCelebrity cultureen_US
dc.subjectMediated pop cultureen_US
dc.titleMy Fandom and Meen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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