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A timely and thoughtful exploration of fans active engagement with the series and how we, as audience members, make sense out of the media we consume, often by reshaping that media to reflect our own values and desires. Katherine Larsen, coauthor, Fangasm: Supernatural Fangirls

A timely and thoughtful exploration of fans' active engagement with the series and how we, as audience members, make sense out of the media we consume, often by reshaping that media to reflect our own values and desires. --Katherine Larsen, coauthor, Fangasm: Supernatural Fangirls The most fun you can have when you're not watching Mad Men . . . learning about the new world of storytelling where fans aren't just spectators anymore. --Helen Klein Ross, @bettydraper Mad Men enthusiasts, media and social studies scholars, and pop culture critics will dig this study about the psychology of fandom. --Library Journal

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Karen E. DillShackleford is a professor of psychology at Fielding Graduate University and the author of How Fantasy Becomes Reality: Seeing through Media Influence.She makes her home in Hickory, North Carolina. Cynthia Vinney is a psychology graduate student at Fielding Graduate University and has worked as a user experience designer for major advertising agencies and clients including Mandalay Bay, Acura, and VIZIO. Residing in Los Angeles, California. Jerri Lynn Hogg teaches psychology at Fielding Graduate University and is a senior research fellow at the Media Psychology Research Center. Kristin HopperLosenicky is a psychology graduate student at Fielding Graduate University and a lecturer in journalism and women’s studies at Iowa State University, living in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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