The Fandom Project : What Makes a Fandom Run - 'Ships, Fanfiction, Plot Devices, Favorite Characters and FanCons

The Fandom Project

Title: The Fandom Project: What Makes a Fandom Run - 'Ships, Fanfiction, Plot Devices, Favorite Characters and FanCons
Author(s): Mary Kirby-Diaz
Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
Series: New Directions in the Humanities
Journal Title: The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review
Keywords: Popular, Culture, Sociology Fandom, Cult TV, Buffy The Vampire Slayer Series
Volume: 3
Issue: 4
Date: July 31, 2006
ISSN: 1447-9508 (Print)
ISSN: 1447-9559 (Online)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/1447-9508/CGP/v03i04/41620
Citation: Kirby-Diaz, Mary. 2006. "The Fandom Project: What Makes a Fandom Run - 'Ships, Fanfiction, Plot Devices, Favorite Characters and FanCons." The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review 3 (4): 256-265. doi:10.18848/1447-9508/CGP/v03i04/41620.
Extent: 10 pages

The Fandom Project is an eight-part sociological study of the Buffy and Angel verse fandom. This paper will review its three major Internet surveys.