I was initially excited to present all the primary research I've done. My focus group, the questionnaire and the convention. I was pretty progressive.
And then I realised I didn't have a proper question. I thought I did. But I don't. So pretty much I am screwed. I have 7 weeks to research, analyse and write up a 7000 report.
The good news is I found what I need to do within the next week and a half. Bad news is I have to do it within a week and a half. So I will definitely be just focussing on this for a while.
I was explaining to teacher everything I could about fandom and in the end I just wanted to show how crazy it can make people and what extents it makes people go to. This is all mumbo jumbo right now. A constant stream of consciousness. It was quite hard explaining fandom to a person who claims to have no obsessions in life.
So main focus from now on = HYPER REALITY. A theory/term developed by Jean Baudrillard in 1980s. Going beyond popular culture, the new level in which we reach that not only blurs the line between fantasy and reality but where fantasy nearly overtakes the aspects of real life.
Makings of a question:
To Infinity and Beyond!
Fandemonium and Hyperreality
The evolution of popular culture into the realms of fandom and the influence of cyber-community life on fans
To what extent does "hardcore" fandom inflence the lives and identities of fans?
Hypothesis: That "hardcore" fandom significantly blurs the distinction between hyperreality and "real" reality
Chapter 1: "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away" (Star Wars)
The definition of fandom, the fans and the history of fandom studies. The move to cyber-fandom. Pop Culture evolution, birth of fandom.
Chapter 2:
Living a life through fiction. Fandom Addiction. Beyond escapism.
Chapter 3:
Worlds within worlds: Baudrillard meets Joss Whedon. The theory of hyperreality and it's application to fandom today.
Google: Fandom Addiction
People to e-mail and interview: http://fanstudies.wordpress.com/about/ and Adam Possamai
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