May 2018
Editorial
Barker, Martin. Editorial introduction: Cambridge Analytica, ‘Nudge Theory’, and ‘figures of the audience’
Articles
Grundström, Heidi. What digital revolution? Cinema-going as practice
Staiger, Janet. Mailer and Maidstone: When Cinéma Vérité fiction becomes real
Stollfuß, Sven. Between television, web and social media: On social TV, About:Kate and participatory production in German Public Television
Van Damme, Kristin & Cédric Courtois. At your (public) service: A cross-media news consumption study of the 50-65 age group
Xu, Min & Stijn Reijnders. Getting close to the media world? On the attraction of encountering film industry professionals at Shanghai International Film Festival
Themed Section: Toxic Fan Practices
Hills, Matt. An extended Foreword: From fan doxa to toxic fan practices?
Proctor, William & Bridget Kies. Editors’ Introduction: On toxic fan practices and the new culture wars
Scott, Suzanne. Towards a theory of fan/producer trolling
Proctor, William. ‘I’ve seen a lot of talk about the #blackstormtrooper outrage, but not a single example of anyone complaining’: The Force Awakens, canonical fidelity and non-toxic fan practices
Lamerichs, Nicolle, Dennis Nguyen, Mari Carmen Puerta Melguizo, Radmilla Radojevic & Anna Lange-Böhmer. ‘Elite male bodies: The Circulation of alt-Right memes, and framing of politicians on social media
Stevens, J. Richard and Rachel van der Merwe. The imagined communities of Toxic Puppies: Considering fan community discourse in the 2015 Hugo Awards “Puppygate” controversy
Walton, Sarah Schaefer. ‘The leaky canon: Constructing and policing heteronormativity in the Harry Potter fandom’
Jones, Bethan. “Stop Moaning. I Gave You My Email. Give Me A Solution”: Walker Stalker Con, fantagonism and fanagement on social media
Meimaridis, Melina & Thaiane Oliveira. The pleasure of spoiling: The spectrum of toxicity Behind Spoilers in Brazil
Zolides, Andrew. “Smarks”: Kynical engagement and coalitional fandom of Professional Wrestling
Guerrero-Pico, Mar, MarÃa-José Establés & Rafa Ventura. Killing off Lexa: ‘”Dead Lesbian Syndrome” & intra-fandom management of toxic fan practices in an online queer community
Cameron, Kelsey. Toxic regulation: From TV’s Code of Practices to #BuryYourGays
Geraghty, Lincoln. Hallowed place, toxic space: “Celebrating” Steve Bartman and Chicago Cubs’ fan pilgrimage
Review
Salter, Anastasia and Bridget Blodgett. Toxic Geek Masculinity in Media: Sexism, Trolling, and Identity Policing (reviewed by Katherine Larsen)
Round-table on Toxic Fan Practices
Themed Section: Documentary audiences
Hight, Craig & Kate Nash. Introduction: Audience research into documentary and related media
Harindranath, Ramaswami. Veridicality and the truth claims of the documentary in the post-truth era: Rethinking audiences’ “horizon of expectations”
Weidle, Franziska. How to reconcile that flinch: Towards a critical analysis of documentary situations in 360° and VR environments
Kouchakji, Kristi. Activism in action: Screening The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence in the West
Debates and Responses
Barker, Martin. The rise of the Qualiquants: On methodological advances and ontological issues in audience research (review essay on Carolyn Michelle et al., Fans, Blockbusterisation, and the Transformation of Cinematic Desire)
Reviews
Booth, Paul. Digital Fandom 2.0. New Media Studies (reviewed by James Rendell)
Reindhard, CarrieLynn D. & Christopher Olson (eds.). Making Sense of Cinema: Empirical Studies into Film Spectators and Spectatorship (reviewed by Jamie Terrill)
Zeller, Frauke, Cristina Ponte and Brian O’Neill (eds.). Revitalising Audience Research: Innovations in European Audience Research (reviewed by Marcus O’Dair)