While in grad school I had the chance to study quantitate methods of study and was tasked with running a small survey. I ran a survey through social media to take a look at the demographics of Fandom. I was a bit overwhelmed when over 500 people responded to the survey. While the survey is not perfect (hey I was in school learning about surveys at the time) I found the responses very interesting and wanted to share the results.
Read MoreFandom First: The Business of Conventions
When thinking about comic/fantasy/sci fi conventions, most people immediatly think of costumes, and a gathering of people playing games or talking about the latest books and movies. Few people immediatly think of economic power and the impact a large convention can have on a city. But conventions have a huge economic impact on the cities they're hosted in, and on the vendors and dealers travelling around the world with booths.
In an essay for Apex Magazine, I looked at the economic forces behind conventions and the money behind the funny business of fandom.
You can read the essay here.
Fandom First: What is Fandom?
One of my 2015 Resolutions is to spend more time on the things I'm passionate about, so I'm starting the year off with a post about one of the topics that fascinates me the most: fandom. I'm going to post about fandom on the first Monday of every month in this series I'm calling, Fandom First
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