Los métodos etnográficos y los fan studies, un cambio de paradigma

Abstract

In this paper we present various debates and issues around the ethnographic methodology used in fan studies. This field, which appeared in the nineties, basically uses ethnographic methods and content analysis. We've revised the changes in the understanding of fan and how these changes have been reflected in the methodology, putting our focus on the pop fandom and not in the sport fandom. We've made a revision of the papers about methodologies used in fan studies and a synthesis of all the questions that arise from several issues, like the emergence of online fan communities. We also revise concepts like aca-fan and the consequences that has in the ethnographic approaches.