Ladies, Gentlemen, and Others, it is our pleasure and privilege to bring you Volume 4, Number 2, of The Phoenix Papers.
Frontispiece: Drawing Out COVID-19
Jacquelynn White
Letter from the Editor
J. Holder Bennett, FANS Chair
Table of Contents
Articles
Cameron Kaminsky
Cosplayers’ and Non-Cosplayers’ Involvement in Fandom-Based Drama
Dr. Stephen Reysen
Dr. Courtney N. Plante
Dr. Sharon E. Roberts
Dr. Kathleen C. Gerbasi
The Success of K-Pop in Quarantine
Emily Savidge
Anime and Global Citizenship Identification
Dr. Stephen Reysen
Dr. Iva Katzarska-Miller
Dr. Courtney N. Plante
Dr. Sharon E. Roberts
Dr. Kathleen C. Gerbasi
Thomas R. Brooks
Andrew M. Tague
Lisa Beckelhimer
Sex Differences in Parasocial Connectionto Favorite Anime Characters: A Multifactor Approach
Dr. Stephen Reysen
Dr. Courtney N. Plante
Dr. Sharon E. Roberts
Dr. Kathleen C. Gerbasi
Jay Dotson
Connor Leshner
Dr. Courtney N. Plante
Dr. Stephen Reysen
Dr. Sharon E. Roberts
Dr. Kathleen C. Gerbasi
Haters, Gatekeepers, and Stans: The Effects of Social Media on Fandom and the Established Order
Hannah Abramson
Deviant Fandoms: The Social Character of Terrorism Fandom Production and Consumption
Dr. Ronald Lorenzo
Dr. Bilal Sert
Editorials
Optimism in Isolation: On Remembering to Keep Moving forward at Our Lowest Points
Hayes Converse
Tiger Kingdom: Coronavirus, Conspiracy, and US Popular Culture
Kyle A. Hammonds
Editorial Committee
J. Holder Bennett, Chair
Andrew Tague, Co-Chair
Dr. Darren-Jon Ashmore
Dr. Marc Hairston
Dr. Michael Vandehey
Jonathan Davis
Helen McCarthy
Jonathan Tarbox
Kyle Hammonds, Graduate Student Liaison
Karson Bryant, Undergraduate Student Liaison
ISSN: 2325-2316