Want to Talk About Fandom Discourse?

fans-on-fandom:

Hello! My name is Adrienne Raw. I am a long-time fanfic reader and
writer and currently a PhD student at the University of Michigan doing my
dissertation on fandom.

In fandom, we spend time talking to each other about fandom — whether it’s memes of
fanfic tropes, debates about fandom etiquette, appreciation posts about what
fandom has meant to us, or critiques about the parts of fandom or fannish
behaviour we don’t like. And I want to know what these conversations mean to us
as fans and to our fan communities. I’m writing my dissertation about the
role of fandom discourse/meta/wank and other conversation about our fandom
spaces. I hope to understand how talking/reading about fandom shapes how we see
it.

If you participate in online fandom in any way, I’d love to hear your
thoughts about fandom discourse in my survey.

Take the survey here: https://umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7ZGu6xS4TRdwSEZ

I’m looking for all kinds of people who participate in fandom, from
fanfic readers/writers to Tumblr commenters to lurkers!

This project was deemed exempt by the University of Michigan’s Health
Sciences and Behavioral Sciences Institutional Review Board (IRB-HSBS). Anyone
18 and older can participate. You may stop participating in the survey at any
time.

The survey will ask you about your experiences with fandom discourse and
what you think it does in fandom and for you. You will be asked basic
demographic questions at the beginning of the survey.

Also, you’ll be asked if you are interested in participating in a
follow-up, paid interview study.

If you have any questions about my research, send me an ask or email me,
Adrienne Raw, at araw@umich.edu.

Thank
you for your participation and please reblog and share the link!