Television, Social Media, and Fan Culture

The new network: how social media is changing and saving television / Ryan Cassella -- Spoiler alert: understanding television enjoyment in the social media era / Benjamin Brojakowski -- Rhetorical strengths & limitations of interactivity for activism in the Stewart and Colbert universe / Christopher A. Medjesky -- Fandom communication in a mediated age: the use of Twitter and blogs for dissent practices among National Basketball Association (NBA) fans / Corey Jay Liberman, Michael Plugh and Brian Geltzeiler -- What types of #sportsfans use social media? the role of team identity formation and spectatorship motivation on self-disclosure during a live sport broadcast / Shaughan A. Keaton, Nicholas M. Watanabe & Brody J. Ruihley -- The online community: fan response of community's unlikely fifth season / Matthew Collins and Danielle M. Stern -- Game(s) of fandom: the hyperlink labyrinths that paratextualize Game of thrones fandom / Garret Castleberry --^

Be original: examining fan comments on A & E's Duck dynasty facebook page after the Robertson suspension / Michel M. Haigh -- The parents have the dream, but the kids are in the nightmare: digital interactivity, toddlers & tiaras viewers, and social networking sites / Leandra H.