Survey of Media Scholars, Online Work, and Engaging Non-Academics
You can follow the link below to access the survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=N3SHxTCZQa1RZBnJ0lBaXg_3d_3d
THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AUDIENCE AND FAN STUDIES
Audience and Fan Studies are fields of scholarship that have developed in a number of traditional academic areas, including but not limited to anthropology, communication, composition/rhetoric, computer science, film studies, folklore studies, information technology studies, law, library science, literary studies, media studies, performance studies, psychology, sociology, television, studies, etc.
This new organization will promote cross-disciplinary communication, activities, and scholarship through traditional academic venues, including:
Scholarship in any of the following areas can be considered to fall under the association's area of interest (although this list is selective not comprehensive):
Audience Research
Conventions
Convergence Culture
Cosplay/Costuming
Fan Art, Culture, Fiction, Film, Vids
Filking
Folklore/myth/urban legend
Hypertexts
Memorabilia and Collecting
Music
Role-playing Communities
Trading Cards
Video gaming (online, console, PC)
Virtual and face-to-face communities and cultures
Viral Marketing
As new media technologies and the World Wide Web offer more venues for creativity, more new topics for scholarship will develop.
If interested contact: iaafsorg@gmail.com
Yahoo Announcement List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iaafs/
LiveJournal Community: http://community.livejournal.com/iaafs/profile