Cornel Sandvoss

My research focuses on fandom, media reception and use. The key themes include:

- The erosion of boundaries between media production and media consumption in convergence culture and the transformations of (digital) textuality

- The interplay between popular media, fan cultures and identity with particularly reference to cultural globalisation and the emergence of voluntary, postnational communities, as well as the life course

- The interplay between fandom and identity, communities and citizenship

- Questions of value and aesthetics in participatory culture

- The comparative study of different areas of popular culture and arts including sport, music, mediated politics, television and film