Fandom Is Ugly: Networked Harassment in Participatory Culture, Mel Stanfill (2024)

2025/10/01 by Maria Alberto · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Asian Culture and Media Studies #Digital Games and Media #Gender, Feminism, and Media

paper · doi:10.1386/jfs_00113_5

openalex publication_date 2025/10/01 · openalex created_date 2025/11/28 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21

Abstract

Review of: Fandom Is Ugly: Networked Harassment in Participatory Culture , Mel Stanfill (2024) New York: New York University Press, 264 pp., ISBN 978-1-47982-496-0, p/bk, USD 30.00

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