Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception Studies
Interdisciplinary, independent and open access journal focused on all forms of audience research and reception studies.
NEW ISSUE: November 2024: https://www.participations.org
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Audience Research (Academic)
Bringing together scholars researching audiences across any discipline.
@researchbrb.bsky.social
Aspiring adult and media scholar. PhD student in Internet Studies, researching virtual influencers. 🇳🇿 Pākehā studying in Boorloo Perth. 🐨 Living in the frenzy of feeling. 🌟 🏡 Website rachelberryman.com 🦇 Co-founder darcmode.org 📱 Member ierlab.com
@emmamcdoofus.bsky.social
Lecturer at School of Performance & Cultural Industries (Leeds Uni); adhd; she/they; interested in how we make sense of/through our cultural experiences (esp theatre); preferred mode of communication - gifs; also dogs
@shelleystamp.bsky.social
Film historian, author MOVIE-STRUCK GIRLS & LOIS WEBER IN EARLY HYWD, curator PIONEERS: FIRST WOMEN FMKRS, editor Feminist Media Histories book series. Quoted NPR, NY Times, LA Times, Guardian & more.
@mwilljones.bsky.social
Historian of cinemas and their audiences. Escape room champion, optimistic hiker, book writer, board game player, cat tickler, very lucky husband🏳️🌈
@homer-network.bsky.social
International network of researchers interested in understanding cinema-going, exhibition, and reception, from a multidisciplinary perspective. Web: https://homernetwork.org/
@ysabel.bsky.social
qualitative social science academic researching tech + young identities | new book out w/@ucpress: THE KIDS ARE ONLINE | words in @guardian @WIRED @WSJ | she/her find me @ ysabelgerrard.net/home
@taalto.bsky.social
Helsinki-based all-round-digital-media-pundit. Doctoral student w. Tampere University. Expert at Strategy and customer insights w. Yle the Finnish Broadcasting Company.
@annaviolasborgi.bsky.social
Research Fellow @leedsunimedia.bsky.social on Class&TV project: https://shorturl.at/uIkTP @whatsontvclass.bsky.social co-chair SCMS U/G/A SIG @scmsurbanism.bsky.social housing/gentrification/cities/feminist media https://mediahomesproject.com/
@meejatheory.bsky.social
Independent and open access journal of peer-reviewed, theoretical interventions into all aspects of media and communications. mediatheoryjournal.org
@scmsfaas.bsky.social
SCMS Fan and Audience Studies Scholarly Interest Group. Sharing posts, CFPs and info about fan studies and audience studies.
@nancyt.bsky.social
I teach, research and write about media, audiences, representation, and everyday life. I work at the University of Leeds. Here sporadically.
@kte75.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Northumbria University. Co-Investigator, AHRC Youth & Horror network. Co-editor of Hidden Horror Histories book series. Lover of horror and British cinema, cats and strong tea. She/her.
@1000plateaus.bsky.social
used to work in museums, now works at School of Performance and Cultural Industries at the University of Leeds (she/her)
@fangirlresearch.bsky.social
Final year fan studies PhD student studying fangirls @ University of Huddersfield, girlhoods, popular music, fan activism, celebrity etc Uni of Leeds and Emerson College alum, from LA now cozying up in the Yorkshire countryside. Queer autistic disabled
@zaborowski.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer (Assoc Prof) at King's College London. Media, audiences, popular music, virtual idols, migration, Japan, brewing, wrestling, board games, stuff no one else finds funny.
@mpcaaca.bsky.social
The Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association is a regional branch of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association. Find us at The University of Iowa October 3-5, 2025. Submissions opening early 2025. mpcaaca.org
@ludludlud.bsky.social
Lecturer in Digital Media, University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social ✨digital tech & everyday life, experiences of liveness (whatever that means), scrolling nonsense, moods & vibes ✨ ludmilalupinacci.com
@tpoborca.bsky.social
Film Studies at University of Lodz • National Centre for Film Culture • Cinema curator • Press reception research • Writing for http://pelnasala.pl
@realtomemanuel.bsky.social
Theologian. Tolkien scholar. PhD on reception of The Lord of the Rings @ University of Glasgow. Dad. He/him. All views my own. Blog: queerandback.substack.com Contact: thomas.emanuel(at)glasgow.ac.uk
@violetolivia.bsky.social
PhD/Tutor @ Cardiff University | researching the mainstreaming of drag | pop culture & queer studies enthusiast | commentary & criticism @femmediastudies.bsky.social | she/her 🏳️⚧️
@edvollans.bsky.social
University Lecturer, media paratexts, promotional materials, trailers & advertising. (Views my own). 🏴/ Midlands (UK).
@abbykirby.bsky.social
Fan Studies Scholar// Gravity Falls & Psych Fan// Fanfic Enthusiast https://ko-fi.com/aba_daba_dooo
@danielcavicchi.bsky.social
Professor, Rhode Island School of Design. Fan studies, popular music studies, sound studies, American studies. Views are my own. https://www.risd.edu/academics/history-philosophy-and-social-sciences/faculty/daniel-cavicchi
@davwright.bsky.social
Researching and teaching about creative industries and cultural policy at the Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies, SCAPVC, University of Warwick. https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/scapvc/ccmps/staff/david/ If you want me, I'll be at the cricket.
@areum.bsky.social
👩🏻🏫Researches & teaches Korean film, pop culture, theatre & performance at ASU 📚Beyond the Sewol (U of Hawaii Press, Sep 2025) & K-pop Fandom (U of Michigan Press, Feb 2026) forthcoming 📧areumjeong@gmail.com
@aperren.bsky.social
Media studies prof. Director, Center for Entertainment and Media Industries at UT-Austin. Latest book: The American Comic Book Industry and Hollywood.
@jamesfenwick.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer Creative & Cultural Industries, Uni of Manchester. Film, media, & cultural history; archives; festivals; Palin; Kubrick; Dylan. Co-editor Historical Journal of Film, Radio & TV https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/james-fenwick
@chriscomerford.bsky.social
Lecturer in Comms & Media, University of Wollongong 📖 | Doctor of screens, fans & Batman 🦇 | Useless Trivia expert 🧠 | Ace Stardew Valley fisherman 🎣 | Views my own | He/Him
@fanstudies.bsky.social
Bringing Fan Studies scholars together since 2012. https://fanstudies.org/
@berthac.bsky.social
Fan, celebrity & cultural studies academic. Co-Editor-in-Chief Popular Communication. Fan Studies Network board. Senior lecturer in media & cultural studies @ NUS, Singapore. Opinions my own. She/her
@fanhackers.transformativeworks.org
Fanhackers is a project of the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) to make fan studies scholarship more accessible. We blog about research, maintain a fan studies bibliography, and more.
@shannagilkeson.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Digital Media, Cinema and Journalism at Eastern Michigan University. Fan studies scholar. Chair of Star Trek Studies and Fan Studies subject areas at MPCA. Post may be fannish, scholarly, or full of cats. Opinions are my own.
@journal.transformativeworks.org
Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC) is an international, peer-reviewed journal published by the Organization for Transformative Works.
@memorieschild.bsky.social
Research Associate at Cardiff Uni; honorary research fellow at Amgueddfa Cymru Museum Wales; co-editor of Popular Communication; @fanstudies.bsky.social & @scmsfaas.bsky.social boards. Writes about fandom, cult TV, true crime, tattoos and other fun stuff.
@rukminipande.bsky.social
Academic. Working on the intersection of race/ism in media fandom.
@juliakuttler.bsky.social
Acafan who studies #documentaries & #fanstudies. Alumna of Manchester University (in Indiana), Ball State University, and Bowling Green State University. Associate Professor of Communication and College Student Media Adviser at McPherson College in Kansas.
@elizabethminkel.bsky.social
Writing about digital communities, books, and fandom. Co-host/editor of Fansplaining & co-curator of The Rec Center ✨ elizabethminkel.com // fansplaining.com // https://buttondown.email/the-rec-center
@fansplaining.bsky.social
The podcast—and publication!—by, for, and about fandom. Writing on fan culture published once a month, with 250+ eps of the podcast (currently on hiatus) in our back catalog! fansplaining.com // patreon.com/fansplaining // https://ko-fi.com/fansplaining
@nancybaym.bsky.social
30+ years of digital media research. Wrote a few books. Dog, lake, and mountain lover, embroiderer, taker of nature snapshots, campervan enthusiast, sweet on music. She/her.
@mediamarknz.bsky.social
formerly @markboynz on Twits. Media and Comms academic. Pinko leftie socialist. Queer rights. Tangata tiriti. #Landback.
@jonathanarose.bsky.social
Sees and does his best to observe. Post-doc at Uni of Passau. Fan, Trans, Cultural Studies. And fungi!
@jenessawilliams.bsky.social
🎓Music Fandom & Online Participatory Cultures Academic ✍🏽Music Journalist (DIY, FortyFive, Guardian, NME etc.) 📌 https://jenessawilliams.substack.com
@estenel.bsky.social
He/Him. Interested in Popular Culture and Trans and Fan Studies. 🔸️Master from Université Paris Cité (2021) in English Art & Visual Culture. 🔸️Working on transmasculine representation in the MCU fandom.
@julianeugarten.bsky.social
Researcher of fandom studies, fanfiction, computational literary studies and literary reception. Currently a PhD candidate at Radboud University. Views are my own.
@madelejm.bsky.social
Fan studies scholar, knitter, pinball player and fan of Dr. Who, Star Trek, Pokemon Go and Guy Gavriel Kay
@wfwagenaar.bsky.social
she/her | PhD candidate researching fandom, ritual, and everyday life | Universities of Groningen & Antwerp | fan & religious studies
@ludiprice.bsky.social
Some-time librarian, PhD in fan information behaviour & Visiting Lecturer. #FanLIS project co-founder. #Romy fan author/artist. Ace spec. "I would totally cosplay Loki, but I'm too lazy to make the horns."