Events
A Tale of Two Conferences: ‘Frithstock’ and ‘Love & Rock Music’ (Easter 2014)
A Tale of Two Conferences: ‘Frithstock’ and ‘Love & Rock Music’
I have just been on a ten day trip focused on two popular music conferences. They could not have been more different. The first, held at the University of Edinburgh, was called Studying Music, but a tagline said much more about Continue Reading …
Parasocial Relationships: An interview with Gayle Stever
Psychologist Gayle Stever is based at Empire State College / SUNY. Her current research explores the relationships between fandom and attachment. Inspired by childhood memories of Beatlemania, she began her work investigating fan communities back in the 1980s. Gayle has Continue Reading …