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WELCOME TO DIGITAL WAVES’ SPECIAL DIGITAL CULTURE AND DEMOCRACY SERIES
What we're tracking this election season.
2023's 6 Big Takeaways, 3 Learning Tools, and 1 Call to Action...
As we wrap up on 2023, we're sharing our Digital Waves takeaways, tools, and what's next for our field work around Digital Communities and Culture in…
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Tracy Van Slyke
Fandom Formation Double Issue: Starting Anew in Beyoncé’s World; (Blue) Beetlemania Goes Missing
Part 2 of our pluralist fandom formation double issue.
 • 
Tracy Van Slyke
, 
Lincoln Mondy
, 
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
, 
Jeff Yang
, and 
Katie Bowers
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
, 
Lincoln Mondy
, 
Jessica Clark
, and 
Tracy Van Slyke
How Can We Cultivate and Mobilize Powerful Video Game Communities?
Audiences for video games and the fans who livestream them are huge and growing. Hollywood has noticed, with high-profile adaptations. What will it take…
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Evan Blaise Walsh
Call to Action: Shape the Future of Digital Waves & Learn How Pluralist Fandoms Form
See where we've been, and help us get where we're going!
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Tracy Van Slyke
 and 
Jeff Yang
The Digital Waves We Surfed This Summer: AI, #Books, and The Kids Online Safety Act
It’s a link-a-palooza newsletter!
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Tracy Van Slyke
, 
Lincoln Mondy
, 
Evan Blaise Walsh
, and 
Jessica Clark
The Ties Between Sound of Freedom and QAnon; Fan Megasite Attack Offers New Clues on Toxic Tactics
Take a deep breath—then dive in as we analyze how toxic cultural movements are activating their digital narrative strategies.
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Tracy Van Slyke
 and 
Katie Bowers
Hot Social Trends and Conversations: The Montgomery melee, Barbiemania, and Furby's return
We investigate why all eyes were on an Alabama brawl, and unpack strategies to harness the cresting nostalgia around popular toys.
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Lincoln Mondy
 and 
Jessica Clark
Digital Safety: Fighting Toxic Forces While Holding Space for Many Identities
Dispatches on how toxic behaviors surrounding digital platforms and influencers hinder our pluralist future, and emerging questions on how the pop…
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Lincoln Mondy
, 
Tracy Van Slyke
, 
Evan Blaise Walsh
, and 
Jessica Clark
Fandoms' Found Family; A Fan-In-Hiding Comes Out of the Shadows
Dispatches on pluralist fandoms and belonging: the impact of transformative fandom families, and a powerful essay from a secret Yellowstone fan.
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Katie Bowers
 and 
Lincoln Mondy
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