| rdfs:comment | - While fan studies, as part of media audience research, has traditionally positioned the fan as one who engages with ideas related to a topic they are exceptionally interested in and enjoy, little research has been done for those who engage just as obsessively with media they claim to oppose, but are still very interested in. To date, research into this phenomenon has been very limited, but can be said to intersect with the work of Henry Jenkins and Matt Hills, which introduced the notion of internet Anti-Fans.
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| abstract | - While fan studies, as part of media audience research, has traditionally positioned the fan as one who engages with ideas related to a topic they are exceptionally interested in and enjoy, little research has been done for those who engage just as obsessively with media they claim to oppose, but are still very interested in. From laboriously constructed flash animations/comics/images to extensive websites that extend beyond the minimum need of the work in question, Anti-fans spend a great deal of time, effort and considerable resources defiling, rallying against or creating specific parodies to many different media objects in books, small films, reviews, blogs, and so forth. To date, research into this phenomenon has been very limited, but can be said to intersect with the work of Henry Jenkins and Matt Hills, which introduced the notion of internet Anti-Fans.
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