I’m Casey Fiesler, a longtime fandom community member and also a professor in the Department of Information Science at University of Colorado Boulder. This semester I am teaching a research-based class in online fandom, and we are conducting a survey that covers many different questions of interest to information science or fan studies researchers about fanfiction! We do ask that you are at least 18 years old to participate; though this is mostly for a class project, we have gone through typical ethics review at our university and this study includes a consent form.
The survey is a mix of multiple choice and open answer questions, and you can answer as much or as little as you like. On average, the survey takes about 15 or 20 minutes to complete.
We will ask for some basic demographic information (any of which you can skip), but won’t require any identifying information – unless you want to give us your email address so that you can be updated about any results from the survey.
Because of some of the research questions that groups in my class want to answer it would be particularly great to get participants who write or read in the following fandoms: Sports RPF, Overwatch, Star Wars, Game of Thrones, and Marvel Cinematic Universe. There are also questions that relate to things like fandom lifecycles, videogame fanfic, identity in fanfiction, and ethics and privacy in fandom. Many of the questions in this survey were drafted by first-time student researchers!
Whether you participate or not, please consider sharing this survey with your social networks! And if you’d like to find out more about Casey’s previous research about fandom, see these Tumblr posts: Fan Platform Use Over Time and design of Archive of Our Own.
Reblogs are appreciated, and thank you! You can email me at casey.fiesler@colorado.edu if you have any questions or comments.
not to sound fake deep but stop obsessing over your dislikes. you don’t like a certain artist/genre? stop making negative posts about it. don’t like a movie? okay move on. don’t like a certain game? cool who cares!!! stop using the time in ur day to express what you hate and invest that energy into what you like instead, otherwise you seem bitter and sad ://
I’m a maladaptive daydreamer. I live in two worlds. I’m on the outside looking in. But I feel immersed, Like I’m actually there But am I? That’s something that I struggle to grasp. What is real? What isn’t? I don’t care. It feels good. Exhilarating. I paint a picture with my mind. Write a story in my head. Film a movie in my conscience. Characters come alive, The world fills with colour. Music fills my ears. Vivid voices pierce the air. Seconds. Minutes. Hours. And then I snap awake. The colours fade. Familiar faces lost. A dark and dull room. A deafening silence. I’m on the inside, looking out. And I feel alone. Like I’m alien. A freak. Strangers stare. Was I making a face? Was I pacing weirdly? Did I speak my dialogue out loud. I don’t know. Reality is a lonely place. So I’m gonna close my eyes, and create a brand new reality for myself. One that I belong in. I’m a maladaptive daydreamer, and I’m addicted to my own mind.
god stop defending bethesda they arent ur friend and using the same engine when it’s a broken mess and reselling broken messes to consumers isnt acceptable. dont stan million dollar companies. blizzard, bethesda, EA, none of them r ur friends
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Creatures are not the only magical beings. Trees build incredibly complex patterns overhead with their branches and leaves, bending shafts of sunlight to activate symbols grown with their roots.
If I'm your savior, then you're mine. 