Filling the Gap: An Exploration into the Theories and Methods used in Fan Studies
Interdisciplinarity involves the interaction, combination, and integration of theories, concepts, and methods across different disciplines—and fan studies is commonly seen as an interdisciplinary field of research. This contribution sheds light on the question of interdisciplinarity by investigating...
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| description | Interdisciplinarity involves the interaction, combination, and integration of theories, concepts, and methods across different disciplines—and fan studies is commonly seen as an interdisciplinary field of research. This contribution sheds light on the question of interdisciplinarity by investigating contemporary notions of theory and methods used in two discipline-related scholarly journals through a metadata analysis of the keywords as well as a content analysis of fifty randomly selected abstracts in order to investigate the dominant theoretical approaches and methods used in the field of fan studies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-64feac78617949078a8310b222ee05522022-12-22T04:17:14ZengOrganization for Transformative WorksTransformative Works and Cultures1941-22582022-03-013710.3983/twc.2022.2243Filling the Gap: An Exploration into the Theories and Methods used in Fan StudiesEleonora Benecchi0Colin Porlezza1Laura Pranteddu2Institute of Media and Journalism, Università della Svizzera ItalianaInstitute of Media and Journalism, Università della Svizzera ItalianaInstitute of Media and Journalism, Università della Svizzera ItalianaInterdisciplinarity involves the interaction, combination, and integration of theories, concepts, and methods across different disciplines—and fan studies is commonly seen as an interdisciplinary field of research. This contribution sheds light on the question of interdisciplinarity by investigating contemporary notions of theory and methods used in two discipline-related scholarly journals through a metadata analysis of the keywords as well as a content analysis of fifty randomly selected abstracts in order to investigate the dominant theoretical approaches and methods used in the field of fan studies.https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/2243/2977inductive content analysisinterdisciplinarityjournalism studiesmetadata analysis |
| spellingShingle | Eleonora Benecchi Colin Porlezza Laura Pranteddu Filling the Gap: An Exploration into the Theories and Methods used in Fan Studies Transformative Works and Cultures inductive content analysis interdisciplinarity journalism studies metadata analysis |
| title | Filling the Gap: An Exploration into the Theories and Methods used in Fan Studies |
| title_full | Filling the Gap: An Exploration into the Theories and Methods used in Fan Studies |
| title_fullStr | Filling the Gap: An Exploration into the Theories and Methods used in Fan Studies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Filling the Gap: An Exploration into the Theories and Methods used in Fan Studies |
| title_short | Filling the Gap: An Exploration into the Theories and Methods used in Fan Studies |
| title_sort | filling the gap an exploration into the theories and methods used in fan studies |
| topic | inductive content analysis interdisciplinarity journalism studies metadata analysis |
| url | https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/2243/2977 |
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