2d Annual FANS Conference Hosted by A-Kon   Thursday, 5 June 2014 Registration: Senator’s Lecture Hall, 10:00am – 7:00pm   Friday, 6 June 2014 Registration: Senator’s Lecture Hall, 9:00am – 6:00pm Media Bar Social: Media Bar, 7:00pm – 9:00pm (Conference Registrants Only)   Saturday, 7 June 2014 Registration: Senator’s Lecture Hall, 9:00am –...

This is the third installment of our research bibliography, Popular Culture Resources for Educators, Librarians, Parents, and Fans. It is free for everyone to use and we welcome corrections and suggestions for future editions.   Pop Culture Resources for Educators and Librarians 3d Edition   Popular Culture Resources for Educators, Librarians,...

We are pleased to announce a CFP for submissions to the Second Annual Fandom and Neomedia Studies (FANS) Conference in Dallas, TX, on 7 and 8 June 2014.  We are privileged to have Ken Steacy as our keynote speaker. Fandom for us includes all aspects of being a fan, ranging from being a passive audience member to producing one’s own parafictive or interfictive...

Below are the entries of the second edition of The Phoenix Papers, Vol. 1, No. 2.  We are proud to offer our publication to the world as a free, online, peer-reviewed, open-access journal of fandom and neomedia studies.  We invite responses in Letter to the Editor format, articles and reviews, and also participation as submission readers.  For information on...

This bibliography of Popular Culture Resources for Educators, Librarians, Parents, and Fans is our first major effort toward one of our major goals: assisting fandom and media studies.  Our two interns, Jazmine Martin and Elizabeth Vondran, have done an excellent job. The document is just a first edition.  It will, of necessity, expand every so often as more...