What role do you think cultural hierarchies and cultural capital play in media consumption, the creation of fan identities, and fannish textual production? How might the notions of toxic fans, destructive fans, and fandom as pathology either support or challenge your belief? Would John Fiske agree or disagree with your position? Why or why not?

The Cultural Economy of Fandom  By; John Fiske

Each essay should be roughly 750 – 1000 words; contain a short introductory paragraph; a thesis statement (in bold); parenthetical in-text citations; a Work Cited page, and should be in proper MLA format (double-space, page numbers, proper header, and so forth).

Terms in bold should be defined and explained. Meaning, don’t just copy and paste the definition of a term. You must explain what it means in your own words.

What role do you think cultural hierarchies and cultural capital play in media consumption, the creation of fan identities, and fannish textual production? How might the notions of toxic fans, destructive fans, and fandom as pathology either support or challenge your belief? Would John Fiske agree or disagree with your position? Why or why not?