| Week 1 1/31/13 |
Week 1: Intro to Fandom as Performative Ritual
HW: Create and annotate an an autobiographical fandom timeline. Readings: Optional Readings: |
| Week 2 2/7/13 |
Fandom as Personal Identity - Class Struggle and Stigma in Fandom Readings:
Optional Readings: |
| Week 3 2/14/13 |
Fan Mentality (Where do Fans come From) Reading:
Optional:
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| Week 4 2/21/13 |
Fangroup Formation and Group Motivations HW: Introduce us to a fandom by walking us through one or more examples of how they achieve group cohesion (exchanging gifts, reinforcing social hierarchy,choosing acceptable text interpretations, enforcing cultural norms, punishing infractions). Introduce us to the players and take us through the incident, either in an online community or by documenting fans in the wild. Reading: Optional: |
| Week 5 2/28/28 |
Commercial Fandom HW: Create a Midterm concept Optional |
| Week 6 3/7/13 |
Fandom and Brand Management |
| Week 7 3/14/13 |
GUEST : Fandom Brand Management / Midterm critique |
| 3/21/13 Break |
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| Week 8 3/28/13 |
MIDTERM Optional: |
| Week 9 4/4/13 |
GUEST: Fanlike Activity Interlude Reading:
Optional |
| Week 10 4/11/13 |
Prosumption and Authenticity Issues in Fandom HW: Prepare a final topic |
| Week 11 4/18/13 |
GUEST: Prosumption / FINAL TOPIC PRESENTATION Reading: |
| Week 12 4/25/13 |
When Fandom Goes Wrong |
| Week 13 5/2/13 |
FINAL PREP AND ROUNDHOUSE CRITIQUE |
| Week 14 5/9/13 |
FINAL |
Books
These books pretty great. A lot of our readings come out of here. Consider taking a look.
Grading
Attendance (including on time), class discussion participation: 50%
Assignments (including midterm and final): 50%