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As stated in the previous section, I am not advocating for fan studies to be recognized by and integrated into the canon. While being labeled as a canonical genre would certainly expand fan studies’ critical and academic reach and would allow it to be incorporated into university curriculums on a large scale, it is not…

The data presented in the introduction shows that only 27 out of the 122 videos that were pulled from Apify contained the types of comments I was looking for. While scrolling through the tens of thousands of comments on the various viral TikToks, I was looking for comments that used fan fiction in a denigrating…

As I mentioned in the introductory section, accessibility of all ideologies – but especially the ideologies perpetuated by the academy – is at the heart of this project. In an effort to bridge the divide between academics, their ideologies, and those outside of the academy, I am including a glossary of terms and concepts that…

Have you ever read a book and loved it, cherished every part of it so much that there is not a single critique you would deliver, but then hopped on over to social media to see what other people who have read the book think, only to find that the same book that you adored…

This is a mixed methods project that focused on the subcommunity of BookTok on the popular social media app, TikTok. I used Apify, a data compilation program, to pull videos from a specific time where I noticed a heightened influx of comments that used fan fiction to detract from a novel’s popularity and literary value.…