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Asst Prof @cuhksz | PhD @KingsCMCI | MSc @oxford_anthro | ECR @ICAPopular @icahdq | Anthropologist & ethnographer in fans, internet governance & media industry.

Shenzhen, China

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@ErikaNWang

Erika N. Wang

8 months

Exciting news! Just signed the publishing contract for my first monograph 'Fandom Nationalism' with @BloomsburyAcad ! Thrilled to collaborate with my co-author @XeniaQianHuang ! Many thanks for @pbooth81 & @RukminiPande organising this amazing Bloomsbury Fandom Primer series! 🤗🎉

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Erika N. Wang

4 months

🎉 Excited to announce that today I’m starting my journey as an Assistant Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen campus (finally!)!🥂🥂 @cuhksz Thanks to my colleagues for your support and caring. Looking forward to more collaborations together! 🤗🙌

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🎓 Exciting updated🌟 Just officially passed my PhD viva! 🥳 ✨ Grateful for the support along this academic journey. From now on, you can call me Dr. Wang! 🎉👩‍🎓 #PhDCompleted #NewChapterBeginnings

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Erika N. Wang

2 years

Excited to have our paper "Fan Conflicts and State Power in China: Internalised Heteronormativity, Censorship Sensibilities, and Fandom Police" (with @LiangGe96 ) published in @AsianStudiesRev 😝💝 It focuses on the BL drama #TheUntamed fandom! OA here:

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Erika N. Wang

2 years

Very happy to have my short article "Squid Game outside the wall: fandom nationalism in China and negotiation with state power" published on CCC!! @icahdq @ICAPopular This is a further discussion my ideas on fandom nationalism.😉💝 Open Access here:

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Erika N. Wang

2 years

Very excited to share the news that I am elected as Student & Early Career Representative in the division of Popular Media and Culture @ICAPopular within the ICA @icahdq ! ☺️☺️ My term will begin in May 2023.

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Erika N. Wang

4 months

My proposal “Hybrid Worlds: Methodologies in Fan Studies through Digital and Physical Multi-sited Ethnography” is accepted by the 2024 Fan Studies Network North America (FSNNA) virtual conference! I'll discuss the ethnographic approaches in fan studies. See U again my friends!💐

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Erika N. Wang

4 months

🥂First time as early career rep of @ICAPopular division attending #ICA24 . Very excited seeing friends here! @icahdq @evecng @YvonneZhao1209 @anthonycuhk @Dongni_H 🤗

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Erika N. Wang

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My new paper is accepted by #ICA2024 @icahdq ☺️☺️Looking forward to seeing my friends all this summer!!

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Erika N. Wang

2 years

My first ICA presentation accomplished today! Our paper about "Fan Conflicts and State Power in China: Internalised Heteronormativity, Censorship, and Fandom Police" will be published soon! (hopefully🤣) It's about the drama The Untamed~ #ica22 #icapop @ICAPopular

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Erika N. Wang

4 months

Finally presented my research on alternative fandom at #ICA24 #ICA2024PMC , I'm sooo happy there are many students being interested in this topic.🤗Made my dayyy!

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Erika N. Wang

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🎙 Invited by @TheCasaCon , I'll give a talk "Pink Terror: Fandom Nationalism and Participatory Censorship in Chinese Fan Culture" to discuss how Chinese fans make use of censorship to win the fan war. Join us 9:00pm (EST) 16 Dec via Discord! 🤗 #CasaCon #acafan

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Erika N. Wang

2 months

New semester starts🙌

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Erika N. Wang

4 months

After arriving at Gold Coast for 5 days, I finally have time to see the "coast"🤣!(and 🐳🐳 ✨✨!) with @XeniaQianHuang

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Erika N. Wang

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Way to #ICA2024 ! I'll chair a panel: Rethinking Parasocial Interactions, 23Jun 16:30, Room 5 (GCCEC Upper) And present my paper ‘Fans Alternative Strategies Against Censorship of China', 24Jun 9:00, Room 9 (GCCEC Upper) Look forward to any chats and meetings! 🌟 🤗 #ICA2024PMC

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Erika N. Wang

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Chaired an great panel in @ICAPopular about parasocial theory today!! #ICA24 #ICA2024 #ICA2024PMC

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Erika N. Wang

1 year

📢I'll be attending Panel 7 on Fandom Activism at FSNNA 2023 today!! 14:00-15:30 CDT. 🌹Can't wait to see you again and discuss my research on participatory censorship and fan wars in China.🙌🤗 @FSNNorthAmerica @FSNAusAsia @FanStudies

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#GDC_UVA23 Very happy to share my findings on #GDC_UVA23 It's an amazing moment to discuss the censorship and fan war! Many thanks to @XF_Han0823 for proposing this panel and @XeniaQianHuang as our moderator! Very nice to see @Jiaxi2333 online! @ceciliawongkh Thx for the photo!😃

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Erika N. Wang

1 year

Thank you very much Kristen! Very happy to say hiiii to all members of PMC division! 🌹

@ICAPopular

ICA Popular Media & Culture

1 year

Erika Ningxin Wang @ErikaNWang (she/her) is from China, and is currently a PhD candidate in Culture, Media and Creative Industries at King's College London. Her research interests include fan studies, media anthropology, digital ethnography, audience and consumers, creative

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Erika N. Wang

4 months

Happy dinner with my best co-authors and new friends at #ica24 #ICA2024 ! @icahdq 🤗🤗

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Erika N. Wang

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Virtual Seminar: Disciplined Fandom between Queerbaiting and “Survival Instincts” at KCL Hello guys! On Wednesday, Nov 25th, I will organise a virtual seminar on self-censorship and queerbaiting of Chinese fandom. Please feel free to sign up and share!

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Disciplined Fandom between Queerbaiting and “Survival Instincts”

Dr Xiqing Zheng (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) investigates queerbaiting in Chinese online fan community.

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Erika N. Wang

1 year

Submitting 3 articles to #ICA2024 in the last 24 hours, I was like:

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Erika N. Wang

5 years

Such an unbelievable conference to see you all! (just registered a twitter account for my #FSN2019 friends😆) Hope to meet you in the future academia!

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Erika N. Wang

2 months

Most cited at @AsianStudiesRev Thanks very much💐💐

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Erika N. Wang

3 months

Graduation Ceremony @KCLalumni 🎓🎓🎉🎉

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Erika N. Wang

1 year

Our paper reaches over 10,000 views for only 9 months since published online!! Thank you so much💝💝 If you are interested:

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Erika N. Wang

4 months

yayyy🤣

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Erika N. Wang

2 years

The Gather platform is so cute🤣 I can even pet the dog! See u this afternoon haha #FSNNA22

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Erika N. Wang

4 months

Wrap up my journey of #ICA24 in Gold Coast. It's so great seeing new&old friends and colleagues here! Looking forward our collaborations! C U Aus!🐨🐳🏖

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Erika N. Wang

2 years

FSN is really my favourite conference! I always get a great many inspirations each time and enjoy the discussion very much❤️❤️❤️ Many thanks for offering a chance to know these excellent fan studies academics! #FSNNA22 Love uuuuu @FSNNorthAmerica @FanStudies 😘

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Erika N. Wang

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Will show up in #FSNNA22 @FSNNorthAmerica on 15&16 Oct! with my just published article about the fan war in #TheUntamed , & an under reviewed new one! In "Idol&Celebrity" and "Fandom&Identity" panels. Hope to see you online!😉😉

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Erika N. Wang

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Thank you all so much!! Had a very lovely discussion today 💝💝 Huge appreciate for the interests in fandom nationalism!!😘 #FSNNA22

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Erika N. Wang

2 years

Many thanks for organising this amazing conference!! I really enjoy the chat with all of you both online and offline❤️It is the first I present the research--it is from my ongoing PhD chapters😝I've learned a lot from the fascinating discussion and appreciate it very much!

@MeCCSAPGN

MeCCSA PGN

2 years

@ErikaNWang from @KingsCollegeLon rounds up our presentations for Panel 4. She explored "Ghost in the Box: Heterotopia of Intimacy in Fans Generated Identification." #MeCCSAPGNConference2022

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Erika N. Wang

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@AuthorCarola @TheCasaCon Thank you so much for your coming! Very happy to share my findings☺️

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Erika N. Wang

2 years

Hi, I've been nominated for the election of ICA student & early careers rep in the division @ICAPopular . If you are the member of this division and have some agreement with my statement, please vote for me. Thank you very much for your support!!🌹☺️ Link:

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Erika N. Wang

2 years

and meet so many friends here!!!❤️❤️ #ica22

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Erika N. Wang

5 years

A newly released TV drama #陈情令 caused a huge stir in China, which is adapted from an internet "Boys' Love" novel😍!!

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Erika N. Wang

2 years

🙌🙌Thank you very much!

@LudiPrice

Ludi Price 柏詠璇

2 years

Major kudos to @acafanmom for putting the #FSNNA22 Gather space together! It's the best virtual gathering space I've been in so far!

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Erika N. Wang

2 years

Our findings also have been presented in the 2022 Annual Conference of @icahdq in the division of @ICAPopular ❤️

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Erika N. Wang

2 years

Thank you!! 🎉🎉

@FSNNorthAmerica

Fan Studies Network North America (FSNNA)

@FSNNorthAmerica

2 years

And that's all she wrote! Thanks to everyone who helped to make #FSNNA22 a success, and we hope to see you again next year!

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Erika N. Wang

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@simoned87 @ICAPopular @JulieEscurignan @stein_krysten @MediaOracle @jnessr @cartermoulton @LiangGe14383168

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Erika N. Wang

4 years

A new BL-adapted drama is aired in China: Word of Honor 山河令. It tells the bromance of the devil king, Wen Kexing, and the leader of the royal guard, Zhou Zishu. The ship is very real that my fan friends are going crazy! DON'T MISS IT!

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Erika N. Wang

2 years

Many thanks for @TristanGrunow and CAS journal! Very efficient and enjoyable collaboration!

@CriticAsianStds

Critical Asian Studies

@CriticAsianStds

2 years

Commentary | @LiangGe96 and @ErikaNWang call attention to how criticisms of #Fandom in China's Clear-Up Campaign obscure recognition of how "fans at the very end of the entertainment industrial food chain are vulnerable to exploitation and manipulation":

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Erika N. Wang

3 years

Yayyyy!! Hope to see you all in Paris!! 😘😘

@simoned87

Dr Simone D.

3 years

Yay @ICAPopular ! The panel curated by your old (me) IL and upcoming IL @JulieEscurignan "Trends in Global Fandom: From Post-Covid Practices to Fannish Policing" got accepted (with @stein_krysten , @MediaOracle , @jnessr , @cartermoulton , @ErikaNWang , Liang Ge & Tingting Hu) #ICA22

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Erika N. Wang

2 years

@divyagarg2019 @ICAPopular Wow cool! Thank you very much. Once it is published I will share it here~ (hope it could be read online next month😂)

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Erika N. Wang

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@bonzos1979 @kingscmci @Contratexto_UL @MararesVA Cannot wait to read it! Congrats for the publishing

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Erika N. Wang

4 months

🎉🎉🎉

@XeniaQianHuang

Qian Huang 黄倩

@XeniaQianHuang

4 months

New pub📢: our book on online shaming and denunciation is out now with open access via . This is our ( @dantrottier @Gabdulhakov_R ) labor of love as a wrap-up for the digital vigilantism project. Check it out!

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Erika N. Wang

4 months

Miss U & keep in touch!!

@Dongni_H

Dongni Huang

4 months

Farewell to Professors Kecheng Fang @fangkc Sam Chan @liksamchan and Erika Wang @ErikaNWang , who taught and supported me greatly during my time at CUHK's School of Journalism and Communication and CUHK-Shenzhen

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Erika N. Wang

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@Routledge_MandC @bertha_c @DrRPG_TV @memories_child @augustaquarius Congratulations!!🎉

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Erika N. Wang

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@Cjimenezm @ICAPopular @SMihelj Congrats!!🎉

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Erika N. Wang

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@schneiderfa77 @LeidenHum Congrats!!

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Erika N. Wang

3 years

It was truly an honour to join this excellent project. Thanks Eleonora so much for inviting me, I've learned a lot during this fantastic journey. (We even got to welcome Ele's little princess during the collaboration - what an AMAZING experience!

@Sakina77

Eleonora Benecchi, PhD

3 years

This was a wonderful voyage. And I was lucky enough to have with me an awesome co-author @ErikaNWang who gave me the opportunity to bring this chapter to a different level. Keep an eye on her! #fandom #asianfandom #fanhistory #fanstudies

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Erika N. Wang

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@memories_child Thank you☺️

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Erika N. Wang

2 years

@liuchonglll @TLC_Charity 恭喜恭喜！！

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Erika N. Wang

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@JulieEscurignan @RoehamptonUni @URGradSchool @StaceyAbbottRU @augustaquarius Congrats! Dr. Escurignan!🥳

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Erika N. Wang

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@schneiderfa77 Thank you very much!!

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Erika N. Wang

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@GissingGeorge @cuhksz Thank you!

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Erika N. Wang

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@simoned87 Happy birthday Simone!🎉

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Erika N. Wang

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@Cjimenezm Thank you so much Cesar☺️

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Erika N. Wang

2 years

We show that by perpetuating heteronormativity and censorship, fans internalise ‘reporting’ as a norm of legitimacy in consumer culture, but the power they gained is illusory. Their practices are exploited by the state as a tool for censorship.

@ErikaNWang

Erika N. Wang

2 years

Excited to have our paper "Fan Conflicts and State Power in China: Internalised Heteronormativity, Censorship Sensibilities, and Fandom Police" (with @LiangGe96 ) published in @AsianStudiesRev 😝💝 It focuses on the BL drama #TheUntamed fandom! OA here:

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Erika N. Wang

2 years

Thank you all very much for voting me!! I am looking forward to working with the division family!☺️

@ErikaNWang

Erika N. Wang

2 years

Very excited to share the news that I am elected as Student & Early Career Representative in the division of Popular Media and Culture @ICAPopular within the ICA @icahdq ! ☺️☺️ My term will begin in May 2023.

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Erika N. Wang

4 months

@stein_krysten Congrats Dr. Stein!!🎉🥂🥂

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Erika N. Wang

2 years

Go!😊💪

@commuic

Communication @ UIC

2 years

Our very own @stein_krysten is standing for election to the Board Student and Early Career Representative of ICA. We are all very thrilled for Krysten, and hope that you will support her in her efforts. 😊😊😊 ICA members can vote by logging in and clicking on Begin Survey

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Erika N. Wang

2 years

@jnessr Ohhh sorry to hear that. Hope you get well soon!

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Erika N. Wang

2 years

See uuu (again)!☺️

@FSNNorthAmerica

Fan Studies Network North America (FSNNA)

@FSNNorthAmerica

2 years

It's the final day of #FSNNA22 , and we have some great roundtables lined up - beginning with Fandom & Identity, with @NYodovich , @KristiGatto , @pattidouglass24 , @ErikaNWang , Gwen Nisbett and Erin Gilles. Join us in Talk Room 1 at 9:00am ET (US)!

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Erika N. Wang

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@samuelcabbuag Thank you very much!

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Erika N. Wang

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@PoliReliFandom @ICAPopular @icahdq 🙋interested!

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Erika N. Wang

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@RukminiPande @BloomsburyAcad @XeniaQianHuang @pbooth81 Thank you very much!!🎁

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Erika N. Wang

1 year

Come to join us!!🤗🤗🤗

@ICAPopular

ICA Popular Media & Culture

1 year

🤝 Be a Reviewer: Don't forget to select "yes" in your profile to help us review submissions. Your expertise is invaluable, and we need your support! 🙏 Submit your work and be part of the ICA 2024 experience. See u in Gold Coast! 😎

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Erika N. Wang

2 years

@LudiPrice Thanks Ludi! I will tweet it once it is published☺️

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Erika N. Wang

4 years

Sorry, I also missed it😂...It is an amazing experience working with such excellent scholars in fan studies! I am looking forward to more adventures as well!😘😘

@IanReed86

Dr. Ian Reed Kelley 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

4 years

Wow...Covid-19 isolation has disconnected me so much that I missed this somehow. Loved working on this article with @LudiPrice and @ErikaNWang plus Kristen Schuster. Can't wait for more adventures to come!

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Erika N. Wang

1 year

Congrats!!

@ICAPopular

ICA Popular Media & Culture

1 year

📢 Exciting News! 🗳️ ICA has just announced the results of our election! 🎉 🌟 Vice Chair: Lauren J. DeCarvalho, University of Denver 🌏 International Liaison: Anirban Baishya, University of Wisconsin-Madison Check out the results here: 🎉Big congrats!

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Erika N. Wang

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@tbaudinette Hope it will be published soon🤣

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Erika N. Wang

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@james_welker Congrats! Very lovely cover.

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Erika N. Wang

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@simoned87 @eshcc_eur Congrats!!!💝💝🎉

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Erika N. Wang

2 years

@evecng Thanks for the retweet! I will have 2 chapters to discuss it in my PhD thesis🤣

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Erika N. Wang

2 years

Will introduce this paper😉 see u soon!!

@FSNNorthAmerica

Fan Studies Network North America (FSNNA)

@FSNNorthAmerica

2 years

Our second round of dual-track roundtables is coming up at 2:30pm ET (US)! In Talk Room 1, Idols & Celebrity with @QiuyanGuo , @ErikaNWang , Emilie Ivy, Erin Lee Mock, and Victoria Sands. #FSNNA22

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@yangzhaouq 🤣🤣太客气了你

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Erika N. Wang

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@alexkeyu86 谢谢哈哈

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Erika N. Wang

4 months

@stein_krysten Congrats Krysten!

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