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Fandom Communities

Fandom Communities is a sociocultural formation characterized by the collective engagement of individuals who share a deeply invested, identity-oriented affiliation with a particular media text, genre, or cultural figure, distinguished by its ritualized practices, affective intensities, and participatory modes of meaning-making.

739

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36.5K

Citations

1.1K

Authors

512

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

244

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739

Supporters, Followers, Fans, and Flaneurs

Richard Giulianotti · Journal of Sport and Social Issues · 2002 · 747 citations · Full text

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Enterprising women: television fandom and the creation of popular myth

Choice Reviews Online · 1992 · 666 citations

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Fandom: identities and communities in a mediated world

Choice Reviews Online · 2008 · 544 citations

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Creating and Fostering Fan Identification in Professional Sports

William A. Sutton, McDonald, George R. Milne · Sport Marketing Quarterly · 1997 · 497 citations

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A conceptual approach to classifying sports fans

Kenneth A. Hunt, Terry Bristol, R. Edward Bashaw · Journal of Services Marketing · 1999 · 413 citations

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Authors

1.1K

  1. CF
    Casey Fiesler

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    9 publications · 583 citations

    9

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  2. CH
    Craig Hyatt

    Brock University, Canada

    7 publications · 307 citations

    7

    h-index

  3. DL
    Daniel L. Wann

    Murray State University, United States

    7 publications · 282 citations

    7

    h-index

  4. MH
    Matt Hills

    Cardiff University, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 522 citations

    7

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  5. JA
    Jan André Lee Ludvigsen

    Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 162 citations

    6

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1–5 of 1.1K

Institutions

512

  1. University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Amherst Center, United States

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    2K citations

  2. Brock University

    Saint Catharines, Canada

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    636 citations

  3. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    9 h-index

    19 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    9 h-index

    27 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. Loughborough University

    Loughborough, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    317 citations

  6. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    754 citations

  7. University of Southern Denmark

    Odense, Denmark

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    131 citations

  8. Schlumberger (Ireland)

    Dublin, Ireland

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    154 citations

1–8 of 512

Venues

  1. Soccer and Society

    48 publications · 1.5K citations

    23

    h-index

  2. Transformative Works and Cultures

    42 publications · 1.5K citations

    21

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  3. International Review for the Sociology of Sport

    IRSS · 18 publications · 777 citations

    16

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  4. Journal of Sport Management

    JSM · 16 publications · 1K citations

    15

    h-index

  5. International Journal of Sport Communication

    IJSC · 15 publications · 1.2K citations

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