Vol. 65 No. 2 (2021): The dark side of fandom

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Editorial

“Dark fandoms” and the “dark side” of fandom: Breaking the inner taboos of fan studies

Aldona Kobus

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Articles

Gatekeeping as an immunity strategy in transformative fandoms as exemplified by Star Trek fandom

Agnieszka Urbańczyk

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The scapegoat in furrysuit: Fandom hierarchies as exemplified by the status of the furry fandom

Agata Sutkowska

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Between interpretation and morality: Anti-shippers in modern media fandom

Dominika Ciesielska, Maria Rutkowska

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Toxic YouTubers “hated” by Doctor Who? Animating multiphrenic incarnations of Not My Doctor anti-fandom

Matt Hills

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A guarantee of safety, a cautionary tale or a celebration? Popularity of true crime narratives through the lens of Mary Douglas’s concepts of pollution and defilement

Joanna Antoniak

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Columbiners: The activity of Serial Killer Fandom within True Crime Community

Martyna Kopeć

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Comments killed the k-pop star: Social murder of Choi Jin Ri as the case study of contemporary moral panic

Joanna Kilanowska

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Reviews and Discussions

Fan as a brand: The usefulness of a fanboy for culture industry

Aldona Kobus

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The end of fan studies’ triumphalist narrative

Agnieszka Urbańczyk

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