Brian L. Ott and Stephen L. Mack acknowledge that the academic investigation pertaining to fandom was started in the 1980's (249) Fandom denotes a solidified group who have an intense appreciation and feeling for some production emanating from the media (ibid 249). The forms of demonstration encapsulated by fandom are illustrated in certain activities, whether identified as distinct individual expressions pertaining to the championed work, evident in the bringing forth of unofficial
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illustrations in connection to the text, while communal gatherings are additionally relevant (ibid 249). The infancy of the fandom investigation was involved in a context of perception whereby non-participants in the media appreciation viewed fans as illustrative of stupidity and the bizarre (ibid 249-250). This section made me remember a convention I went to last year. I went there in the hopes of finding vintage action figures, but one of my favorite instances of the day occurred as my father and I were leaving. We were going to my father's truck and we saw a man getting dressed in a Ghostbuster's ensemble. Arriving home, I told my mother and the two of us laughed at the occurrence. I am interested in this though: who was I to laugh at the impersonator? I attended this event wearing a t-shirt representative of a ninja turtle and if the impersonator was awkward, I was too. I think that I knew my mother found fandom to be ridiculous and I felt no ambiguity that she would find the story amusing. When her reaction was indicative of my expectation, despite being a participant in fandom, I laughed too. This illustrates that the outrageous perception of fandom, discernible in the investigation's infancy, is still forceful (ibid 249-250).
Works Cited
Ghostbusters Remastered Album Cover. Arista. HMV.ca. Web. 2 Dec. 2013
Ott, L. Brian and
Robert L. Mack. “Erotic Analysis. Critical
Media Studies: An
Introduction. Malden:
Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. 240-265. Print.
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