Modeling the Marvel Everyfan: Agent Coulson and/as Transmedia Fan Culture
Modeling the Marvel Everyfan: Agent Coulson and/as Transmedia Fan Culture
Blog Article
This article contends that the transmedia franchising model pioneered by the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has worked to structurally FOREST DRY SPRAY DEODROANT produce an industry-approved conception of an everyfan.This transmedia everyfan, modeled as an avid consumer, collector and completist, importantly privileges stereotypically male-dominated modes of fan engagement, and works to contain or circumvent the transformative textual work performed predominantly by female fans.Though a close (para)textual analysis, this article uses the character of S.H.
I.E.L.D Agent Phil Coulson Mason Jar Light Couple Card as an allegorical lens to consider how transmedia fan participation is constructed, valued, and gendered in our current franchise-heavy mediascape.