Anne is a PhD student who is investigating what she calls ‘fan commentary’ podcasts. She tells the story of how she started listening to them, what appealed to her about undertaking higher research on the topic and what it means to be a fan.
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Find Anna Online
- @anne_korfmacher on Twitter
- Anne’s dissertation description at the University of Cologne, Germany
Links and Show Notes
- Full episode transcript
- Screenshot of editing timeline in Ferrite Recording Studio
Getting into Podcasts 00:00
- Harry Potter
- PotterCast (referred to mistakenly as Pottermore in the conversation)
- MuggleCast
- Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
- Transmedia storytelling
- Chumcast
- Parasocial interaction
- The McElroy Family
- The Besties
Defining Fandom 08:40
From Fan to Aca-fan 12:30
- FANGASM
- Post-feminism
- Cultural studies
- Gender studies
- Twilight (novel series)
- Friends
- Audio commentary (e.g. DVDs)
- Formalism (literature)
- Aristotle
- Plato
Choosing Case Studies 20:51
- British studies
- Narrative
- Podcast Studies: The Podacademics Network
- American studies
- Literary studies/criticism
- Popular culture
- Fawlty Towers
- The Fawlty Towers Podcast
- Supernatural
- Gilmore Girls
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