Ideology and Affect in Political Polarization and Fandom Online

Bibliographic Data

ID22009201
AuthorsSebastian F K Svegaard (0009-0008-1613-3445, University of the Sunshine Coast), Sebastian Svegaard, Renee Barnes (0000-0002-5203-6043, University of the Sunshine Coast), Eloy Vieira, Eloy Santos Vieira (0000-0003-4989-8125, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos), Maria Clara Aquino Bittencourt (0000-0001-8230-5921, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos), Maria Clara Aquino, Driele Ferreira (Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos), Beatriz Blanco (0000-0001-9007-924X, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos), Adriana Da Rosa Amaral (0000-0001-9159-2352, Universidade Paulista), Adriana Amaral, Cássia Schuch (0000-0003-0460-9801, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos), Kyle Moody (0009-0007-0139-0855, Fitchburg State University), Allegra Rosenberg (0000-0001-8961-2035, New York University), Samantha Vilkin (0000-0002-7479-2683, Queensland University of Technology), Samantha Vilkins
Year2023
Publication date2023-12-31
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2162-3317 • E-ISSN: 2162-3317
PublisherUniversity of Illinois Libraries (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5210/spir.v2023i0.13533
OpenAlexW4392406576
LanguageEN
References cited15

In recent years, scholarly attention has indicated the increased enmeshment of the political and entertainment media spheres, a change that has happened so gradually that it has not been as remarked upon as it should be. This is perhaps most observable in studies of community dynamics around both $2 and $2 . The backdrop of digital surveillance capitalism, and the specific platform affordances on which these communities exist and interact, exacerbates both. Furthermore, beyond these inverse scenarios whose distinctive boundaries grow blurrier by the day, there is a third domain in the overlap, of the exploitation – or compensation – of fans, fandoms, and fan labor for political and financial gain. This, too, exists in a reactive feedback loop with the always-on conditions of our contemporary digital political economy. As consequence, there are prominent recent streams of work explicating what exactly the fields of fan studies and political sociology can offer each other for researching communities online in such contexts. Responding to both the current landscape and recent exemplary and novel scholarship in the field, our panel presents four papers which each delve into an intersection of identity, community, and their ideological and affective ties. They investigate online affective community practices in reaction to fractured sociopolitical polarization, and contribute to the expanding picture of interdisciplinary frameworks and methodologies available — and increasingly, required — to comprehend the motivations, justifications, and trajectories of community dynamics under such drivers

Fandom · Ideology · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Chemistry · Communication · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics