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WELCOME TO DIGITAL WAVES’ SPECIAL DIGITAL CULTURE AND DEMOCRACY SERIES
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Superhero fandoms are huge. So why didn’t the Blue Beetle fandom take off, and what can we learn from Black Panther and Barbie fandoms?
Blue Beetle, the first superhero movie to feature a Latino protagonist, just hit WB Discovery’s Max streaming platform after earning a worldwide box…
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Jeff Yang
Renaissance Mindset
As we approach the December 1 premiere of Beyoncé’s Renaissance concert tour film, a group of Pop Culture Collaborative staff/Beyoncé fans reflect on…
Fandom Formation Double Issue: Starting Anew in Beyoncé’s World; (Blue) Beetlemania Goes Missing
Part 2 of our pluralist fandom formation double issue.
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Tracy Van Slyke
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Lincoln Mondy
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Jeff Yang
, and 
Evan Blaise Walsh
Fandom Formation Double Issue: A Fandom Primer and Lessons From Real Housewives of Politics
Dive deep into pluralist fandom formation—a topic so full of hot info and insights that we had to divide it into two parts!
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Tracy Van Slyke
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Jeff Yang
, and 
Katie Bowers
Fan Organizing Lessons with The Real Housewives of Politics
We know the organizing power and potential of fandoms.
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Katie Bowers
The Fandom 101 Primer To Take With You
THE BIG TAKEAWAY: Pop culture fandoms are powerful narrative organizing environments that can orient millions of people towards pluralist OR toxic…
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Tracy Van Slyke
 and 
Jeff Yang
Define American’s Summit on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Combating Online Xenophobia
THE FIELD IN ACTION: National narrative change organization Define American recently collaborated with Cornell University to convene a first-of-its-kind…
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Lincoln Mondy
 and 
Evan Blaise Walsh
Stitch This: Calling in A Digital Creator Strategy
THE BIG TAKEAWAY from Digital Waves Curator-in-Residence Lincoln Mondy: Spitfire Strategies surveyed 50 TikTok and YouTube creators interested in a…
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Lincoln Mondy
Reparative Storytelling: Transforming Our Approach to Digital Content Creation and Community Formation
THE BIG TAKEAWAY: Digital media expert and professor AJ Escoffrey contends that we need to rethink how we produce and distribute video content.
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Jessica Clark
Forefronting Fan-Driven Research in Our Storytelling
THE BIG TAKEAWAY: We know that our storyworlds create passionate fandoms—but how can fandoms inform our storytelling strategies?
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Evan Blaise Walsh
Insights from Field-Led Research: 8 Fan-Informed Storyscapes; Reparative Storytelling; Organizing TikTok Creators; and more.
In this issue, we spotlight research and analysis developed by pop culture narrative change field members that informs digital storytelling and…
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Evan Blaise Walsh
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Lincoln Mondy
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Jessica Clark
, and 
Tracy Van Slyke
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