Building on existing literature on fan studies, this ethnography examines the multiple modes of engagement between the audience and the performers/producers at live professional wrestling events. This study identifies five ways in which fans interact with the pro wrestling texts at live events: as spectators, as critics, as performers, as community members, and as theorists, and also suggests t...

Abstract Foreign investors have been very active in football clubs many different countries. These see significant benefits from foreign investment. However, Turkey, this practice has not yet implemented. Furthermore, there no general discussion about the applicability of system Turkish clubs, despite almost all being a state financial turmoil. To fill void, study aims to research views fans re...

Channel systems at the distal limits of submarine fans show variability in channel size and bifurcation patterns. This information is useful in constraining channel properties in static reservoir models, e.g. the mean and range of values typical for channel dimensions, sinuosity, and branching angles. Criteria were evaluated that might help discriminate between deltas and submarine fans based o...

Using qualitative interviews with lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual female Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) fans, I argue that the (perceived) large lesbian attendance at WNBA games enables the construction of a lesbian community by lesbian and bisexual fans in a site qualitatively different from traditional locations of lesbian community. Because the WNBA is not an explicitly l...

Celebrity and fandom have been studied extensively in real life. However, with more and more celebrities using social media, the dynamics of interaction between celebrities and fans has changed. Using data from a set of 57,000 fans for the top followed celebrities on Twitter, we de ne a wide range of features based on their Twitter activity. Using factor analysis we nd the most important factor...