Fandom and Neomedia Studies

FANS 7 Schedule

Below you will find the short version of the FANS 7 schedule. You can download a PDF copy here. All events will be in the Fair Park Hall of State Library.

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Fandom and Neomedia Studies Association

7th Annual Conference

29 June 2019

Dallas, Texas

9:00am: Doors Open

9:15am: Opening Remarks

J. Holder Bennett, FANS Chair

9:30am: A Survey of Characteristics of Isekai Manga

Dr. Paul S. Price, US Environmental Protection Agency

10:00am: If You Give a Monster a Sword: Healing and the Divided Identities in InuYasha and Blue Exorcist

Sarah Hashmi, University of Texas at Dallas

10:30am: Terrorist Video Games and Social Media: How Terrorist Neomedia Strategies Mainstream Society and How Society Counteracts by Sabotaging Back

Dr. Ronald Lorenzo, Prairie View A & M University

Dr. Bilal Sert, Prairie View A & M University

11:00am: Deviant Fandoms: The Social Character of Terrorism Fandom Production and Consumption

Dr. Ronald Lorenzo, Prairie View A & M University

Dr. Bilal Sert, Prairie View A & M University

11:30am: Anime and Global Citizenship Identification

Andrew Tague, FANS, Texas A & M University at Commerce

Dr. Stephen Reysen, Texas A & M University at Commerce

Dr. Iva Katzarska-Miller, Transylvania University

Dr. Courtney N. Plante, MacEwan University

Dr. Sharon E. Roberts, Renison University College, University of Waterloo

Dr. Kathleen C. Gerbasi, Niagara County Community College

Thomas R. Brooks, Texas A & M University at Commerce

12:00pm: Lunch

1:00pm: Keynote: Eulogy for Monkey Punch

Dr. Darren Ashmore, FANS, Yamanashi Gakuin University

2:00pm: My Next Book: Leiji Matsumoto

Helen McCarthy, FANS

3:00pm: Break

3:30pm: ESRB and You: A Fandom Parent’s Guide to Video Game Ratings (Workshop)

Andrew Tague, FANS, Texas A & M University at Commerce

4:30pm: Grimdark-ian Man: The Sublime and Grotesque in Warhammer 40,000

Ryan Johnson, University of Texas at Dallas

5:00pm: Sex Differences in Parasocial Connection to Favorite Anime Characters: A Multi-Factor Approach

Andrew Tague, FANS, Texas A & M University at Commerce

Dr. Stephen Reysen, Texas A & M University at Commerce

Dr. Courtney N. Plante, MacEwan University

Dr. Sharon E. Roberts, Renison University College, University of Waterloo

Dr. Kathleen C. Gerbasi, Niagara County Community College

5:30pm: Ambivalence and Belonging: Expressions of German Nationalism in Rammstein’s “Deutschland” and Their Reception

Stefanie Thomas, Ohio State University

6:00pm: End of Day

 

 

 

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