Tue 11 February 2025
16.00 c.t. | IG 4.201 + zoom
Idols. Fan-Celebrity Relationships in Fanfic.
How are parasocial relationships depicted in fanfiction? Where do fans draw the line between star figure and real person, and where are those lines blurred? Which are often crossed? Why are K-pop fanfics often very sexually explicit?
Those questions and more will be discussed in this session. The fanfic is a reader-insert BTS fanfic, and the secondary text is an introduction to Celebrity Cultures. The secondary text is in German.