| Module Code: CMC3007 |
Module Title: FANS, AUDIENCES AND IDENTITY |
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Module Provider: Sociology
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Short Name: LIM311
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Level: HE3
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Module Co-ordinator: SANDVOSS C Dr (Sociology)
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Number of credits: 20
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Number of ECTS credits: 10
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| Module Availability |
Year |
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| Assessment Pattern |
4000-word essay (40%) and one written examination (60%) |
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| Module Overview |
Fans are not only prominent and highly visible aspects of popular culture, they have also attracted increasing academic attention over the past decade. In the particular intensity of their media consumption, fans highlight and illustrate wider aspects of the relationship between media and audiences. Studying fans thus means to study social subjects interacting with each other through language and discourse as well as with themselves. The module hence adopts sociological, psychological and psychoanalytical perspectives to the relationship between audiences and (mass) mediated texts. The module aims to explore the relationship between media consumers and media texts as well as the intra-personal and inter-personal consequences arising out of fandom. In doing so, the module analyses fandom across different genres and media such as music, sport, television, and cinema.
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| Prerequisites/Co-requisites |
| None |
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| Module Aims |
Fans are not only prominent and highly visible aspects of popular culture, they have also attracted increasing academic attention over the past decade. In the particular intensity of their media consumption, fans highlight and illustrate wider aspects of the relationship between media and audiences. Studying fans thus means to study social subjects interacting with each other through language and discourse as well as with themselves. The module hence adopts sociological, psychological and psychoanalytical perspectives to the relationship between audiences and (mass) mediated texts. The module aims to explore the relationship between media consumers and media texts as well as the intra-personal and inter-personal consequences arising out of fandom. In doing so, the module analyses fandom across different genres and media such as music, sport, television, and cinema.
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| Learning Outcomes |
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On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
Demonstrate an understanding of a wide range of theoretical questions concerning fan practices and motivations.
Critically evaluate different approaches to the study of audiences and fans.
Analyse the social, cultural and economic premises and consequences of fandom across different texts and the contexts.
Develop and defend a theoretical position with regard to questions of fandom in written form.
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| Module Content |
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| Methods of Teaching/Learning |
Lectures and seminars.
Students are required to complement lecture and seminar attendance with substantial weekly reading. |
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| Selected Texts/Journals |
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Sandvoss, C. (2005) Fans: The Mirror of Consumption,
Cambridge
: Polity Press. Abercrombie, N.
and Longhurst, B. (1998) Audiences: A Sociological Theory of Performance and Imagination,
London
: Sage.
Hills, M. (2002) Fan Cultures,
London
Routledge.
Thompson, J. B. (1995). The Media and Modernity,
Cambridge
: Polity Press, Chapter 7.
Ruddock, A. (2007) Investigating Audiences,
London
, Sage.
Gillespie, M. (eds.) (2005) Media Audiences,
New York
: Open University Press.
Jancovich, M. and Lyons, J. (eds) (2003) Quality Popular Television,
London
: British Film Institute.
Sandvoss, C. (2005) Fans: The Mirror of Consumption,
Cambridge : Polity Press. Abercrombie, N. and Longhurst, B. (1998) Audiences: A Sociological Theory of Performance and Imagination,
London : Sage.
Hills, M. (2002) Fan Cultures,
London Routledge.
Thompson, J. B. (1995). The Media and Modernity,
Cambridge : Polity Press, Chapter 7.
Ruddock, A. (2007) Investigating Audiences,
London , Sage.
Gillespie, M. (eds.) (2005) Media Audiences,
New York : Open University Press.
Jancovich, M. and Lyons, J. (eds) (2003) Quality Popular Television,
London : British Film Institute.
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| Last Updated |
September 2010 |
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