Fandom | Cultures | Research @fcr-journal.bsky.social international OA journal for fan and audience studies based in Germany | bilingual (DE/EN) | 2 issues per year | different formats – ranging from full papers to reviews, conference reports, and data papers
https://journals.uni-marburg.de/fcr/index
Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com Historian of storytellers.
18th century to today & beyond.
J.W.Liles Prof of English
Words: Polygon (RIP), LARB, etc
Next book: THE ACTUAL HISTORY OF ACTUAL PLAY (MIT)
(#TTRPG digital storytelling performance)
(free) patreon.com/ecfriedman
Cait Coker <<digital brat with an insect mind>> @caitcoker.bsky.social Curator, fangirl, utter nerd. Assoc. Prof/Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts at U of Illinois Urbana Champaign. Co-Editor Women in Book History Bibliography at womensbookhistory.org. Fan Studies, Tolkien Studies, SFF Studies. I just really love books ok
Bailey Apollonio @bapollo.bsky.social Fifth Year PhD Candidate at the University of Michigan
Film, Television, and Media
Sam Close ButNoCigar @butnocigar.bsky.social Academic, knitter, video game player. Into popular culture, digital media, labor, and creativity. Known to make a video essay now and then.
International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social International peer-reviewed journal dedicated to global research on cultural practices, processes, texts, infrastructures, and identities.
journals.sagepub.com/home/ics
Organization for Transformative Works @transformativeworks.org The Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) is a non-profit organization established by fans to serve the interests of fans by providing access to and preserving the history of fanworks and fan culture in its myriad forms.
Society for Cinema and Media Studies @scmstudies.bsky.social The Official Bluesky account for SCMS
https://www.cmstudies.org/
Questions? Don't hesitate to get in touch with the SCMS office via the Contact Us page, and we’ll be happy to respond.
Benjamin Woo @geekworlds.bsky.social Assoc. Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Carleton University. Studying comic cons and festivals as interfaces between media industries and fan communities. Reading comics, playing TTRPGs, cooking Chinese food. #CatDad
Ben Litherland @benlitherland.bsky.social Popular culture and politics.
Sometimes academic who writes about those things.
Co-hosts Ill Effects, good podcast about bad media influence https://open.spotify.com/show/0QotQZhgYQOsjCvGMefNjl?si=zRsbRad6SZO
Mélanie Bourdaa @melaniebourdaa.bsky.social Professeure des Universités à Bordeaux Montaigne. Transmedia et Fans
Amber ✨️ @amberartist.bsky.social 🎀 Hi! I'm an artist & educator
🎀 I make watercolour paintings (less often: digital illustration)
🎀 I post about art, books, journaling, anime, video games
Disney Undressed @disneyundressed.bsky.social Dissecting the dresses, scrutinizing the suits, and considering the clothes that deck out your favorite Disney characters!
Heart-Pages @heart-pages.bsky.social Dr. Michelle Cristiani
Stroke survivor, writer, anthropologist, teacher, fan. Batman and anime enthusiast. Older and hotter than you
Heart-Pages.com
Colin Tait, Ph. D. 🇨🇦 @rcolintait.bsky.social Film and Television Historian - Senior Cataloger Heritage Auctions, Pop Culture Division. Proud Canuck Living in the US.
Breanna @brxanna.bsky.social she/her
AcaFan
Shelley Stamp @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.
Liang Ge (they/them) @liangge11.bsky.social Lecturer in Sociology @morgancentre.bsky.social University of Manchester Sociology Department | Digital Media & Tech, Digital Methods, Gender & Sexuality, ESEA Creative Industries and Popular Cultures | they/them
Pop Junctions @popjunctions.bsky.social Pop Junctions is a blog that provides reflections on entertainment, pop culture, activism, media literacy, fandom, and more! Formerly known as Confessions of an Aca-Fan by Henry Jenkins.
Website: https://henryjenkins.org/
CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social Professor, Applied Communication, Sensemaking Studies, and Communication Literacy, Dickinson State University.
She/He/They
Posts do not reflect DSU or NDUS.
www.playingwithresearch.com
Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception Studies @participations.bsky.social Interdisciplinary, independent and open access journal focused on all forms of audience research and reception studies.
NEW ISSUE: November 2025: https://www.participations.org
Dr. Suzanne Scott @iheartfatapollo.bsky.social Fangirl, Associate Professor of media studies at UT Austin, author of "Fake Geek Girls: Fandom, Gender, and the Convergence Culture Industry" (NYU Press, 2019) and a bunch of other stuff. Posts aren't endorsements, mind your own cartwheels, etc. etc.
JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies @jcmsjournal.bsky.social Media studies for all. Print & online open access content. We value accessibility, transparency, diversity, & community. Published through SCMS
Online at: https://jcmsjournal.org
Dr. Effie Sapuridis @effietheant.bsky.social Assistant Professor, LIM College | PhD Media Studies | Reviews Editor, Journal of Fan Studies | she/her
Nicolle Lamerichs @nicolleness.bsky.social 🔸️Media studies scholar
🔸️Fan studies, cosplay, games & tech
🔸️Passionate senior lecturer at HU Utrecht
🔸️Gamer, fan artist & Trekker 🖖
https://linktr.ee/nicollelamerichs
Aca-Media @aca-media.bsky.social A podcast offering an academic perspective on media, from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies
https://aca-media.org/
Mel Stanfill @melstanfill.bsky.social Professor, UCF T&T and English. Opinions mine. Bringing Foucault to fandom since 2006.
Katharina Röder (she/her) @katandthetexts.bsky.social PhD candidate at TU Dortmund || interested in gender, queerness, witches, media, and popular culture.
Divya Mathur @divmat010.bsky.social Digital Humanities, Fan Studies and Cat Mom.
Mikael Gyhagen @aeraphiel.bsky.social MLIS at Oslo Metropolitan by day,
Forever DM by night, and FanStudies researcher by accident.
He/Him, Queer, Autistic
(@syntheticwhite on the birb-app)
Chris Becker @chrisbecker.bsky.social Associate Professor in Film, Television, and Theatre and the Sport, Media, & Culture Minor at University of Notre Dame. Working on a local TV history project: https://sites.nd.edu/boc-project/
Dario Llinares @darioll.bsky.social Writer, podcaster, educator.
Contact: drdario22@gmail.com
Podcast: https://patreon.com/cinematologists
Substack: https://substack.com/@dariollinares
A.S. Waysdorf @aways.bsky.social Assistant professor, Utrecht University. Still not an expert. 
Kate Holmes @katejholmes.bsky.social Open Access advocate; magpie-brained aerial academic; all about cultural studies/pop ents/circus/audiences/embodiment (she/her)
author: https://tinyurl.com/20sfemaerial
website: katejholmescom.wordpress.com
Dr. EJ Nielsen @direjackalope.bsky.social Academic looking at visual culture, gender, fans, and monsters. They/them. Sometimes I make stuff. Frequently fannish. Retweets & likes =/= endorsements.
@mareinna.bsky.social @mareinna.bsky.social ■ interdisciplinary hybrid ■ digital culture, gender studies, fandom and monsters ■ postdoc @ University of Bergen, Norway ■
Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social 📍Norwich/Northumberland
Academic researcher interested in: art, anthropology, global visual and material culture, costuming, death studies, subcultures and digital humanities
D(oc) Oc(k) @frittersandclam.bsky.social teaching professor in film; movies, tv, hockey, books, cats, horror, television, irish media. often retweets Hausu and Elsa Lanchester
Renée Middlemost (she/her) @reneemiddlemost.bsky.social Dr of cult movies| Communication and Media academic | researching celebrity, fans, film, and media audiences| pop culture nerd | coffee enthusiast | dog Ma | WSL/Matildas fan | views my own |
Joleen Blom @jjol33n.bsky.social |Ph.D. in Games |Postdoctoral Researcher @Tampere Game Research Lab |Book Editor @Eludamos |Author of Video Game Characters and Transmedia Storytelling |(she/her)
Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD @pcbryan.bsky.social Have PhD, will travel. Americanist by training, fan/media studies by trade. Scholar of fan studies, adaptation, Disney, comics - happy to talk intersections of translation/gender/disability. First book out; next book soon. He / him.
Dr. Liz @lizlaurie.bsky.social Graduate of the Copacabana School of Dramatic Art. PhD in Theatre and Drama. Adjunct. Researches Cosplay. she/her/hers
Charlotte Stevens @charstevens.bsky.social Senior Lecturer @ Birmingham City University (film/tv, fandom, games), she/her
Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social Professor of English and Director of Texts & Technology at UCF. Author most recently of Playful Pedagogy in the Pandemic & Twining. More at: https://anastasiasalter.net/
Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social Reader of books and player of games. College professor and pokémon trainer. Writes about media and society. In love with monsters and magic.
🌿 https://digitalfantasydiary.com/ 🌿
Dr Lou Aimes-Hill @louah.bsky.social PhD musicology, Uni of Leeds. ‘Coronamusic, genre and artistic intention. The alternative ontologies of musicking in crisis times’. AL in media, culture and politics, Uni of Worcester. Music & pop culture obsessive. Sax & woodwind player. She/they.
@brfaucette.bsky.social @brfaucette.bsky.social Academic. Writer. Author of Hawaii Five-O (TV Milestone) from Wayne State Univ. Press. Fascinated by TV, film, and gender studies, especially American masculinities. 
Dean Leetal @deanleetal.bsky.social Phd hopeful, fandom, X-Men, Taskmaster, Staged, SPN, non binary, trans, fat, polyam, neurodivergent, queer, aroace, ceasefire now
Briony Hannell @briony.bsky.social Feminist academic and ECR. Lecturer in Sociology @ University of Manchester, UK. Author of Feminist Fandom (2024). Interested in youth, gender, digital/pop culture, platforms + anti/feminisms. She/her. https://linktr.ee/brionyhannell
Rhys Jones @rhys.newydd.net By day: reasonably mild-mannered Swansea-based digital media lecturer. But by night: reasonably mild-mannered Swansea-based digital media lecturer. Siarad Cymraeg, all the way. He/him/fo a fe
https://swan.ac.uk/staff/rhys.jones/
https://analog.newydd.net/
K. Morrissey @katiedidnt.bsky.social Assistant Prof at ASU. Research/Teach: Media studies, digital culture, and female desire in pop-media. (She/Her.) Views mine and not my employers.
James Rendell @jamesrendell.bsky.social Lecturer in Creative Industries at University of South Wales. Researching media audiences, horror, film & TV, inclusivity & diversity. FHEA. He/Him. Transmedia Terrors in Post-TV Horror out now https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789463726320/transmedia-terrors-in
Bridget Kies @bridgetkies.bsky.social Associate Professor of Film Studies and Production and Assistant Director of Women and Gender Studies, Oakland University.
"It's research, I swear."
Simone @simoned.bsky.social Assistant professor in Media and Popular Culture 
mesk @meesk.bsky.social TV, media industries, algorithmic brand culture, videographic criticism. Associate Professor of Rhetoric & Media Studies, Lewis & Clark College. She/her.
JSA Lowe @jsalowe.com just another poet with a tabby cat | ersatz researcher, masterless ronin, island dweller, winter sparrow | we must hurry if we are going to dance | jsalowe.com
Ashley Hinck @ashleyhinck.bsky.social I research rhetoric, the internet, and fandom. Associate Professor at Xavier University. PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. BA from Creighton University. 
Colleen Kennedy-Karpat @cbkenkar.bsky.social Assoc Prof, adaptation, Agnès Varda, amateur video essayist. Not necessarily in that order. Trying my best to pay attention.
🇺🇸 born, studied 🇫🇷, teaching in 🇹🇷 Bilkent COMD
Co-host @ymmwtpodcast.bsky.social
Co-chair @adaptstudies.bsky.social
Craig Ian Mann @craigimann.bsky.social Full-time home video producer, part-time writer and sometimes documentary filmmaker | letterboxd.com/craigimann | chasmfilms.co.uk | 📺 📼 📀
Jason Mittell @jmittell.bsky.social Media studies professor at Middlebury College; video essayist & author of videographic book on Breaking Bad; author of written books on TV, narrative theory, etc.; journal manager of @intransition.bsky.social . [he/him] https://linktr.ee/jmittell
Francesca Coppa @fcoppa.bsky.social English & theatre & film & fandom. Fair use advocate. In the process of building something new.
anonprecious @anonprecious.bsky.social DtoA, Fan Studies, terrible humor
Fear 2000 @fear2000.bsky.social A conference series once dedicated to contemporary horror cinema, 2016-2023 | #fear2000 🤖
Line Nybro Petersen @linenybro.bsky.social Associate Prof. in Media Studies. Researching participatory culture e.g. fan cultures, digital play, extremism, and conspiracy theories online. University of Copenhagen. Co-coordinator of smidgeproject.eu. She/her. Obsessive knitter and yarn dyer.
Fan Studies Network North America @fsnnorthamerica.bsky.social At FSNNA we're working to create a supportive, welcoming community for developing & sharing research in the interdisciplinary field of fan studies.
Sign up for our newsletter! https://share.google/0eVsE74dUlNnBlrtQ
Website: https://fsn-northamerica.org/
valerie gritsch @valderie.bsky.social loud disabled academic who’s obsessed with her dog. MA in celebrity & fan studies, currently a MLIS student. creator of spottedhounddesign. suffering mets and destiel fan. she/her.
Lies Lanckman @aladyofchance.bsky.social Lecturer in Film, would-be time traveller & ever-aspiring Yiddishistke. Film history, fan studies, movie magazines & Norma Shearer.
Jennifer Hessler @jenmhessler.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Southern California
Media History|Media Industries|Television|Audiences|Technology and Society
Views my own
Tom Ue @tomue.bsky.social Public historian, editor, & literary critic. Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Popular Film & Television. Associate Editor, The Complete Letters of Henry James @ctrhjstudies.bsky.social @univnebpress.bsky.social.
Dr Suzanne Black @suzannerblack.bsky.social Into Contemporary Literature, Digital Humanities & Fan Studies.
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Edinburgh; views my own.
she/her
Please don't DM me - I can't access them anymore.
Alex Pointon @alexpointypen.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 PhD Student in Media and Communications at the University of Wolverhampton - Writing about American Children's Animation, Disney and everything Gaming - all views fully my own!
Michael Iantorno☔️🕹️ @michaeliantorno.com 📚Assistant Professor of Creative and Cultural Industries at University College Dublin.
🕹️Studying videogame history and creative industry labour.
Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social Associate Professor of Communication, specializing in Digital Media, Culture Industry, and Pro Wrestling
I live in The Medium Place (Cincinnati, OH)
Everything I say is me saying it, not my employer…
(Profile art by Angel Trazo)
Katharina @katharinah.bsky.social Researching Transcultural Fandom and Manga. Sometimes Gender Representation, Video Games and Horror, too. Love Gardening and Reading. She/Her 💗💜💙 http://icon.hhu.de
dr nicole 🕷️🕸️ @nicolehamilton.bsky.social academic in lit and film 📚 YA lit/horror films/queer rep 🩷🤍🧡 | sharon stone enthusiast and real housewives aficionado 📺 she/they 
Barb G.-Stolz, PhD @tvdrbarb.bsky.social 📺 TV Prof ; Collecting “homes” 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇱🇺 ; #WIASN #Jayhawk #firstgen 🌈 🦄 Kenzi’s & Billie’s mom. ❤️
🥊 ,🧘♀️, 💃🏼 #survivor2019 🌴🥥 #SurvivorGermany
Dr Ross Garner @drrossgarner.bsky.social Senior Lecturer @Cardiff JOMEC. Co-Investigator of media.cymru media tourism research. Co-editor of Popular Communication journal. Ask me about #Pokemon #JurassicPark and #Dinosaurs
More information at: https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/garnerrp1
Three Patch Podcast @three-patch.com https://three-patch.com
Tom Emanuel @realtomemanuel.bsky.social Theologian. Tolkien scholar. PhD on The Lord of the Rings and Post-Christianity from the University of Glasgow. Dad. He/him. All views my own.
Blog: queerandback.substack.com
Contact: thomas.k.emanuel(at)gmail.com
Louisa @fanvidcrit.bsky.social Mother, scholarfan, remix vidder. Associate Prof of Film & Media Culture and Middlebury College. She/they https://criticalcommons.org/user/Lstein/media
Vanguard 🔜 Furrific, Scotiacon, ConFuzzled @vanguardhusky.bsky.social Furry, pup, gamer and PhD student. Streams on Twitch and studies furry identity, the furry fandom and safe spaces at BCU. Co-chair - @furrystudies.org. Talk to me about the things. Icon by @chanacabra.bsky.social. He/they
https://vanguardhusky.carrd.co
Liza Potts @lizapotts.bsky.social Professor at Michigan State. Studying digital culture, content moderation, user experience, community building, and disaster. Leader of WIDE Research. Curator of Sherlockian.net.
Evan Hayles Gledhill @gothicbodies.bsky.social Professional nerd researching Gothic Fangirls and Families.
Disabled, Queer, Socialist. They/them
Jess Maddox @jessmaddox.bsky.social Social media professor + expert
Writing ANATOMY OF AN INTERNET SCANDAL + PARASOCIAL
Repp’d by Aevitas Creative Management
Thoughts mine
Sam Langsdale @samlangsdale.bsky.social Feral scholar, feminist killjoy, otter lover. She/her. https://www.samlangsdale.com
Krysten Stein, PhD @krystenstein.bsky.social professor + expert on platforms, care, & digital culture
writing AND HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL? [ @uc_press ]
my curated life | thoughts mine
Dr Julie Escurignan @drjulieescurignan.bsky.social Maître de Conférences / Associate Professor of Management @ Université Catholique de l’Ouest; PhD Film & TV Studies; Researcher in Cultural Industries, Media, Fandom 📺🍿🎬 #ESR
Digital Culture & Education @digitalculture.bsky.social An international open acess peer-reviewed journal dedicated to an interdisciplinary exploration of digital technology's impacts on society, culture, & education
http://www.digitalcultureandeducation.com
Geoffrey Henry @gdhenry.bsky.social Loves TV, film, and books. Favorite genres are mystery, suspense, crime drama, and melodrama. Listens to 80s music, 90s music, and contemporary indie music. He/his/him
Dr. Jennessa Hester 🍒 @cherrypoppunk.bsky.social lambda poetry fellow 👸 disney and nintendo studies 🏰 perpetually sleepy 💤 she/her 🏳️⚧️
jennessahester.com
dr georgie carroll @fansumption.bsky.social wrote a phd on taylor swift. passionate about fandom + caffeine + napping. the loudest woman this town has ever seen.
Dr. Fangirl, PhD (Chrisha) @drfangirlphd.bsky.social Fangirl 🥰 Therapist 🦄 Fandom & Mental Health Research 🦸🏻♀️ @TheFangirlBiz Podcast 🎤 Views mine 🌈 Posts aren’t advice 💜 Kindness has a spine 🌊
Ludi Price @ludiprice.bsky.social 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."
Kimberly Hirsh @kimberlyhirsh.com creativity. curiosity. care. 🌈♿ Posts automatically cross-posted here from https://kimberlyhirsh.com. #FanLIS
Welmoed Wagenaar @wfwagenaar.bsky.social she/her | PhD candidate researching fandom, ritual, and everyday life | Universities of Groningen & Antwerp | fan & religious studies
Katherine Heller @katherineh.bsky.social Translation Studies researcher. PhD project explores the influence of fan culture on professional manga and anime translation (specifically, Sailor Moon!).
Also JA-EN translator.
Really an advocate for all things naff.
日本語OK!
Kate Prior @thekateprior.bsky.social PhD candidate in Texts and Technology at UCF • media industries and fan studies • currently writing her dissertation on Superman 💙❤️💛 pfp by makowka
Swapnil Rai @swapnilrai.bsky.social