Growing up and growing apart/growing up and growing closer : a look at the long-term fandoms of Sandy Lam and Kit Chan.

• Main Author: Liew, Hattie Hanming.
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Cultural studies; DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media; DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Audience research; DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media::Media studies
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/55004
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

What is fandom? Studies on fan culture in Asia have been occupied with issues of identity and resistance. However, it is unclear what shape fandom takes, or how and why it is sustained. In the kaleidoscopic media environment in Singapore, this study seeks to understand two groups of long-time Mando/...