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Fans of these franchises generated creative products like fan art and fan fiction at a time when typical science fiction fandom was focused on critical discussions. The MediaWest convention provided a video room and was instrumental in the emergence of fan vids , or analytic music videos based on a source, in the late 1970s. [ 15 ]
Fans at a recital in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A fan or fanatic, sometimes also termed an aficionado, stan or enthusiast, is a person who exhibits strong interest or admiration for something or somebody, such as a celebrity, a sport, a sports team, a genre, a politician, a book, a movie, a video game or an entertainer.
Trekkies at a Brisbane on Parade event. Star Trek enthusiasts are one of the best-known examples of a pop culture oeuvre having a cult following. A cult following is a group of fans who are highly dedicated to a person, idea, object, movement, or work, [1] often an artist, in particular a performing artist, or an artwork in some medium.
Fans of American singer Michael Jackson are known as Moonwalkers. [1] Jackson was one of the first artists to redefine the relationship between artists and fans by forming a strong bond with his devoted fan base. [2] Through personal interactions, charitable gestures, and consideration of their interests, Jackson cultivated loyalty among his fans.
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Fan studies is an academic discipline that analyses fans, fandoms, fan cultures and fan activities, including fanworks. It is an interdisciplinary field located at the intersection of the humanities and social sciences , which emerged in the early 1990s as a separate discipline, and draws particularly on audience studies and cultural studies .
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
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