Music for (Something Other than) Pleasure: Anti-fans and the Other Side of Popular Music Appeal 1

Giuffre, Liz

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“…In a way, we even see sorts of anti-fandoms developing in these groups, ‘those who strongly dislike a given text or genre, considering it insane, stupid, morally bankrupt and/or aesthetic drivel’ (Gray, 2003: 70). Giuffre (2014: 53) argues that ‘unlike hate, which is arguably a destructive process, anti-fandom can be a constructive form of engagement’, so shaming Duolingo, Harry Potter fans or Disney can become a part of a person’s shared identity in what Papacharissi (2016) has called affective publics:F: ‘I think we all kind of just love to hate things. /--/ I think hate is a strong emotion.…”

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‘Recreational shaming groups of Facebook: Content, rules and modministrators’ perspectives’

Murumaa-Mengel,

Lott

2023

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Med

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As social life and communication move increasingly online, we have experienced the expansion and the normalisation of online shaming – different forms of (semi)public cross-platform condemnation of people and their actions by (mass) online audiences. Online shamings can be analysed as combinations of reintegrative (shame-correct-forgive) and disintegrative (shame-stigmatise-expel) social sanctioning practices, usually focusing the ‘serious’ disciplinary shaming on the behaviour of the offender. We propose that equal attention should be given to what we have termed ‘recreational shaming’ – humour-based playful collective shaming that often occurs via online platforms, seemingly just for the sake of shaming, motivated mainly by social belonging needs and entertainment gratification. By combining the results of standardised content analysis of Facebook recreational shaming groups ( n = 65) and in-depth qualitative interviews with the ‘modmins’ of the groups ( n = 8) we will give an overview of what is being shamed, how groups and modministrators create and enforce rules and what is the socio-cultural perceived meaning of this practice. We distinguish three spheres of recreational shaming that ‘frame the shame’ and demonstrate how recreational online shaming is often more about the self than the other – me performing the act of shaming for entertainment value, to belong in a group. Additionally, we introduce how shaming is used as a self-reflexive tool for behaviour-correction or base knowledge for dominant tastes.

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‘Recreational shaming groups of Facebook: Content, rules and modministrators’ perspectives’

Murumaa-Mengel,

Lott

2023

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Med

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“…Audience attitudes towards celebrity consumption are not all positive and sensational. A more extreme example would be anti-fandom, which exists at a personal, industrial and creative level (Giuffre 2012). Anti-fans explicitly express their dislike, for example, in the form of online reactions to celebrity news and gossips (Claessens and Van den Bulck 2014).…”

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‘Mingrenare the respectable ones’: an analysis of everyday engagements with contemporary celebrity culture in China

2019

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To investigate the values and social norms underpinning celebrity culture, it is crucial to study everyday uses of celebrity culture. Yet, studies in this area have been limited thus far, especially in non-Western contexts. This exploratory study focuses on the ways how young and middle-aged adults in everyday life in urban China discuss and value media celebrities. The results show that respondents have a rather similar way of valuing celebrity: celebrities need to have strong work ethics and showcase social responsibility; only then do they 'earn' their right to be considered 'famous'. We conclude that these values are closely related to the current socio-cultural situation of China's social transformation and echo the value system promoted by the Chinese government.

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“…Liz Giuffre (2014) researched music anti-fans at live events. She argues that spontaneous responses by anti-fans can be constructive and is a normal process of engagement with live music.…”

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Spectacle of excess: The passion work of professional wrestlers, fans and anti-fans

Hill

2014

European Journal of Cultural Studies

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This article examines how professional wrestlers, promoters and audiences perform the passion work of sports entertainment. Rather than celebrate professional wrestling as a popular phenomenon, this articles seeks to use empirical research on live wrestling events to understand the meaning of passion work in sports entertainment. In Roland Barthes' seminal article on professional wrestling in Mythologies, he describes wrestling as a spectacle of excess, where passions such as love and hate are exaggerated through the expressions of wrestlers and audience members. A key research question concerns how the passion work in professional wrestling involves different types of labour, the physical and emotional work of wrestlers and event organisers, and the work of audiences, fans and anti-fans interacting with professional performers. The article uses ethnographic research of professional wrestling to explore how different types of passionate labour re-enforce and legitimate each other, shaping an emotional structure to a spectacle of excess. The overall argument in this article is that the meaning of passion work in sports entertainment highlights what Stephen Coleman calls a public performance of power relations, where the particularities of power are made visible through the collective labour of wrestlers and audience members. Power is neither industry led nor in the hands of audience members; rather, it is made visible through the work of promoters, wrestlers and audiences as a collective performance in a high-energy, adrenalin-fuelled live event.

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Music for (Something Other than) Pleasure: Anti-fans and the Other Side of Popular Music Appeal 1

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‘Recreational shaming groups of Facebook: Content, rules and modministrators’ perspectives’

‘Recreational shaming groups of Facebook: Content, rules and modministrators’ perspectives’

‘Mingrenare the respectable ones’: an analysis of everyday engagements with contemporary celebrity culture in China

Spectacle of excess: The passion work of professional wrestlers, fans and anti-fans

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