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ao3demographicssurvey2024 · 4 months

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The AO3 Demographics Survey 2024 has arrived!

This project is an independent survey (not affiliated with AO3) which seeks to research the demographics and behaviours of AO3 users. The survey will take about 10-15 minutes to complete, will be open until 1 February, and can be found at https://forms.gle/2kt5J17ipzcAbnFY9

We are hoping to survey as large a group of users as possible, so we really appreciate anyone who shares the survey, whether by reblogging this post or sharing posts on other social media.

If you have any questions for us, we have FAQs on Tumblr or on AO3 which will be updated as the project progresses. And of course, you can follow us on Tumblr or AO3 if you want to see the survey results!

#ao3 demographics survey 2024 #survey promotion #fandom statistics #fandom stats #archive of our own #ao3 #fandom research #fandom survey #demographics #ao3 demographics

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fireflysummers · 6 months

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FireflySummers’ Guide to Arguing Against the Use of AI Image Generators

(AKA I hate AI image generators so fucking much that I published a whole ass academic article on it)

Read the Paper: Art in the Machine: Value Misalignment and AI "Art"

Citation: Allred, A.M., Aragon, C. (2023). Art in the Machine: Value Misalignment and AI “Art”. In: Luo, Y. (eds) Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering. CDVE 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14166. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43815-8_4

The purpose of the original paper and now this post is the following:

Provide at least one academic article that you can cite. (Full paper + citation available below)

Make explicit community values that have previously been implicit, in order to better examine your own perceptions of the online artist community, and where you sit within it.

Provide rebuttals to common pro-AI talking points, with the intention of shutting down the conversation and reclaiming the narrative.

What this paper and post cannot do:

Act as a sole authority about the online artist community and its values. We are not a monolith, and it is up to you to think critically about what, exactly, you want to take away from this discussion.

Provide a way to convince AI Evangelists that what they’re doing is wrong and bad and needs to stop. You will never convince them. Again, focus on shutting them down and reclaiming the narrative.

Final Disclaimer: I'm a very fallible researcher who is still very much learning how to do academia. I cannot speak for the entirety of the online artist community or fanartist community. We all have different lived experiences. I have done my best to include diverse voices; however if you have concerns or critiques, I am open to hearing them.

If you show up to debate in favor of AI image generators, you will be automatically blocked.

Credits:

Editors, Meme Experts, and Annotators: @starbeans-bags, @b4kuch1n, @cecilioque.

Tutorial Examples: @sabertoothwalrus, @ash-and-starlight, @miyuliart, @hometownrockstar, @deoidesign, @cinnamonrollbakery

If you have read this far, thank you very much. I hope that you have found a constructive lens for approaching the war with AI image generators, as well as a new tool for shutting down debate and reclaiming the narrative.

#anti ai #fuck ai #fuck ai everything #fuck ai bros #anti ai art #ai is theft #ai is a plague #fandom #fandom research #fanart #my academics #that's a new tag for me #long post

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imarvelatthestars · 17 days

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so i've started working on a couple research projects for school this quarter and one of them involves you guys!

this is geared specifically for creators like me who are writers, as well as artists, but is also open to tiktokers, reviewers, readers, & whatever else it is we creators do with our love of the fandom.

what do you have to do? just fill out this google form as honestly as you can.

what's the catch? no catch! it's completely anonymous. i don't gather any data about who you are, your social media, your name, anything.

is there a due date? i need responses by may 10, 2024

there's no judgement, no "hey i don't like your answers" or "hey i think you're a bad person". this is a purely academic endeavor meant to combine my love of the fandom with my love for learning, writing, & activism.

#star wars #star wars fandom #tbb fandom #tcw fandom #sw rebels fandom #sw fandom #academia #research paper #fandom academia #fandom research #i was gonna wait to post this initially. for what reason i don't know #but i might as well get it out there now so i can start gathering ppl who might be interested

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studiesof-fandom · 1 month

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I can't keep this blog running by myself, so I’d love to have people to help me around!

What do you have to do as a moderator?

You have to search for new posts related to fandom and Fan Studies and read them to evaluate their content (we have a compilation of places to help to do this task);

You have to select posts and then tag them according to the topic the posts are about (we have a guide explaining how the tag system works);

Ideally you should know how to queue posts, but it’s not a requirement. If you’re willing to learn, that is more than enough.

You have the freedom to choose how your schedule as a moderator of @studiesof-fandom will work! We only need to have content posted a few days every week to keep this blog running and updated.

If you’re interested, please send an inbox to @studiesof-fandom!

I ask for my followers to reblog this post to spread the word!

#fandom #fandom research #acafandom #acafan #fan studies

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cfiesler · 1 year

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I recently made a couple of videos about an interesting group project in my Online Fandom class a few years ago, so I thought I would share here, too!

TL;DR A group of students who knew nothing about fanfiction before this class really wanted to study sports fandom, so they did a study about sports RPF. Their research question was: What factors contribute to which athletes are most commonly written about? In case you don’t want to watch the video, answer below the cut...

(1) They compared metadata from AO3 to sports stats - winning teams, individual performance, etc. - as well as net worth of players. What they found was... none of those things seemed to matter. (But one of the other students in the class said, “Well did you measure hotness?”)

(2) In the second half of the class I distributed a survey here (some of you might have taken it, this was in 2018!) based on questions that the student groups composed. They had a multiple choice question about which factors people cared about when writing and reading sports RPF and the two most popular answers were “physical attractiveness” and “personality.” But they also analyzed open answers, and the two other common themes were friendships or rivalries with other players, and the writer/reader feeling a personal connection to that player.

This ended up being one of my favorite projects in the class because it sparked a really interesting discussions about methods and measurement and knowing the right questions to ask and how to ask them!

Also! I mentioned a scrape of AO3 data in the video. FYI this was only metadata, and it was also de-identified - basically just numerical data (date posted, word counts, hits, number of comments, etc.) and tags like fandom and characters. No story names, authors, etc. If you’re interested in thinking through research ethics for using fandom data, I co-authored a paper about that!

(Also I just realized that despite filming these videos two weeks apart I am wearing the same shirt, haha!)

#fanfiction #fan studies #ao3 #sports rpf #fandom research

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ai-fandom-researchstudy · 1 month

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Research Study: Fandom & Generative AI still looking for participants!

I'm still recruiting research participants for my PhD dissertation study!!! If you've already participated, thanks so much! If you haven't participated yet, please consider responding to a quick survey, and sharing with your friends!

I'm interested in understanding fans' perspectives on and experiences with generative AI (text and image generation software). That means perceptions both positive and negative! However you feel about genAI, I'm interested in hearing from you. We're especially seeking diverse perspectives from underrepresented demographic groups of people.

If you're over 18, can speak/understand English, and are interested in participating you can learn more information and take the survey here. I've also made a FAQ post about the study that I've pinned to the top of the blog, and you can see more info on the shareable flyer below. You can also view posts on Twitter/X, Bluesky, and Reddit about the study and share info there! Spreading the word is greatly appreciated :)

The study is anonymous and voluntary, and you'll be asked about your fandom background, attitudes towards generative AI, and demographic information. The survey should take about 15-20 minutes, and you can skip over any questions you want. You can also elect to participate in a follow up interview, if you want to. The full details are on the consent form, which you'll be able to read before taking the survey! Feel free to reach out with any questions.

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asikaia · 23 days

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The Locked Tomb fan demographics study

Hello! I am currently doing a research paper for one of my classes based on the fandom of Tamsyn Muir's Locked Tomb series (Gideon the Ninth, Harrow the Ninth, Nona the Ninth) and created a survey to try and collect data.

The survey is completely anonymous, and it's only a couple of questions, but I would dearly appreciate it if you filled it out!!

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lgbtlunaverse · 1 month

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3zun data analysis

I was wondering how much the different 2-out-of-3zun ship fics were actually focused specifically on them, rather than having them feature as side pairings, so I did a little mini-experiment. Beginning by searching for otp:true in each tag

(This doesn't give you the real number of fics were the pairing is the main focus, for the record. The other tagged ships might've been a side pairing, and the one we're filtering for the main one, and otp:true also filters out platonic relationships. So, for example, a nielan fic that has the nie brothers tagged as a platonic bond will also be filtered out. But since it does that for all ships you can still get a good idea how likely each one of them is to be the center in their fics)

My hypothesis was that Nielan would be the least likely, as they're frequently tagged as a side pairing in wangxian focused fics, with xiyao and nieyao having comparable results.

Nielan, as I type this, have 2154 works, of which only 627 have only nielan tagged. That is 29% of all nielan fics.

Next up is xiyao, who have 4534 works, of which 2195 only have xiyao tagged, a significanly higher 48%

And lastly nieyao, who have the least works in total with 1749, but have 683 works only tagged nieyao, more than nielan despite having less fics overall. Ending up at 39% of all nieyao fics

So I was right about nielan being lower, but turned out to be wrong in my hypothesis that nieyao and xiyao would end up with comparable results!

One possible factor is that nieyao, being a smaller ship, is more affected by those big collection-type fics that have a dozen pairings tagged for every chapter, as well as 3zun fics that have the individual pairings tagged. (Which we'll get to later!!)

Also, Huaisang - typical of him - butts into nieyao more. 5% of nieyao fics have the Nie brothers tagged platonically, and almost exactly the same number are tagged sangyao. Compare that to lan xichen's much more reserved little brother who really doesn't want to be a part of this, as only 3% of xiyao fics are tagged with the twin jades, and zhanyao... isn't much of a thing.

I'd anticipated both of these, but I'd also expected that xiyao, being a bigger ship, would be a less controversial background pairing for wangxian, who - let's be real - are the main players within the mdzs fic space so they massively impact the numbers. I know xiyao are certainly not without controversy (god no) and the go-to side pairings are xicheng and xuanli instead but like... compared to nieyao, surely they're the normie pick? And, well, 25% of xiyao fics are tagged wangxian compared to only 20% of nieyao fics so that is somewhat true, but not as much as I'd thought. (For comparison, 43% of nielan fics are tagged wangxian)

Now let's look at 3zun overall. Of the 1127 3zun fics, 277 are exclusively tagged 3zun. That's only 25%

But that doesn't feel right. After all, a lot of 3zun fics also tag the individual pairings. And excluding them like we did with the 2-out-of-3zun ships feels wrong. You'd categorize a fic tagged with both nieyao and 3zun as a 3zun fic, wouldn't you?

So I manually excluded each non 2-out-of-3zun pair. This took a bit, but you end up with 538 3zun fics which are either not tagged with any side pairing, or only tagged with a ship already contained in 3zun. That is 48% of all 3zun fics, similar to xiyao.

So there you have it! Xiyao is the most independent of the subfandoms, having almost half of its works centered solely around xiyao (and even more primarily focused on xiyao. As I said, otp:true also filters out works that still focus on xiyao but have other background relationships) with the overall 3zun fandom having a similar focus, followed by nieyao, and then nielan.

edit: this has a part 2 now

#mdzs #cql #the untamed #nie mingjue #meng yao #jin guangyao #lan xichen #3zun #nielan #xiyao #nieyao #fandom research #fandom statistics #<- i have a feeling i might start doing more of this so let's create the tags for orgizational purposes #nielanists it's time to rise up and free nielan from the bruce banner phenomenon!

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putmyresearchhaton · 2 months

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Volunteers Needed for an Online Fandom Research Study

Research Topic/Purpose of the study:

We are recruiting research participants to help us explore how various groups engage with online fan communities (for example, reading fanfiction, making fan art, talking to other fans). By examining trends and patterns in this area, we seek to gain a better understanding of the dynamics within these communities.

Procedures:

If you decide to participate, you will be asked to complete an online survey that will take about 30 minutes. You need to be 18 years or older to participate.

Contact:

If you are interested in participating in this study, please click the link below to access the survey. This link will take you to a cover page with more information about the study to help you make an informed decision about whether you want to participate.

#please reblog to help us reach more people #fandom #research #fandom research

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plasteredcastiel · 2 months

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Hey guys what are the historical impacts of us being so devoted to this show? I'm really curious how people years from now will perceive this

Will they think it was a cult at first? A religion? A way of life? There’s almost biblical-level devotion to this show or parts from a majority of fans and I wanna know why that happened psychologically

After i get my psychology degree i might do a research study on fandoms, i wanna know the full affect it has on the brain

It’s going to be a while before I can even think of starting this, I don't know what questions ask but if anyone would be genuinely interested in participating or helping me on this I think it could be a fun little project tbh

#supernatural is a drug i think #supernatural psychology #fandom research #the psychological affects of fandon #supernatural #spn #dean winchester #castiel #sam winchester #destiel #castiel winchester #gabriel supernatural #deancas #misha collins

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ao3demographicssurvey2024 · 1 year

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Welcome to the blog of the AO3 Demographics Survey 2024!

We are an independent fandom research project who recently performed a large-scale survey of AO3 users, asking questions about demographics, preferences and behaviours.

We are now in the process of releasing and analysing our results, which you can find on AO3.

If you are interested in following along with the project, this is the place to do it! We will be making official announcements on our progress here, including any requests for public feedback.

If you have any other questions, please check our FAQ. If that doesn’t answer your question, the askbox is now open.

#fandom stats #fandom statistics #ao3 statistics #ao3 demographics survey 2023 #archive of our own #fandom research #fandom survey #fanfic stats #ao3 census #ao3 users

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melodioustear · 11 months

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Let's Learn About Mental Illness and Fandom!

ETA: This survey has now closed. Thank you for so many more responses than I expected! I will announce as soon as the data is available to others to use and as I make my own discoveries in working with it.

Thank you so much everyone for your responses to my fanfiction and mental illness survey. As of posting we have 108 responses which is fantastic and very much enough for my own thesis, but I don't just want this data to be for me - I want it to be available to other fan studies researchers to work with and build upon.

This is the work I spoke about when I was on the @fansplaining podcast just a few months ago, and something that we just don't have in the fan stats community - our only related information is on whump, which whilst useful isn't by any means the same thing.

So if you'd like to help us learn more about how we read, write and interact with fanfiction about mental illness, please take the survey & share this post!

The survey will take you just 5-15 minutes, and will help to gather groundbreaking insights for fan studies. You’ll be asked about yourself, about how you read, write and find fanfiction about mental illness, and what interacting with this kind of fanfic has been like for you.

Full data on the study, including consent, privacy and GDPR information, can be found on the survey page.

Submissions will remain open until the 25th June 2023. Thank you so much!

#fan studies #fandom studies #fanfic #fandom research #fanfiction #fandom #fandom stats #phdresearch #mental illness #mad studies #fanstats #fandom meta #fandom culture #fandom history #a03 #mental health #fanfics

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fireflysummers · 6 months

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So far you guys seem to have enjoyed my post about combating pro-AI image generator talking points.

I've got a couple of other similar fandom academia slides that I could put together, and would love to know if any of them strike your fancy.

#fandom #fanfiction #fanart #ao3 #fandom research #my polls

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valmare · 6 months

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So. Welcome to thoughts that don’t matter with Mare. Thanks for stopping in.

Me being who I am, I happened upon some military ID tags online for my main man, Ice. ALSO being the woman I am, and the headcanon-crazed writer that I so love being, I decided to look up his SSN.

I’ve always shipped Ice being from Hawaii, because I think it fits his personality and it’s kinda a cool little quirk.

And I know SSNs aren’t always indicative of where we’re born, either. But they’re good indicators.

But alas, he’s born in Virginia. If these dogtags are in any way film accurate or created with fandom in mind. Virginia.

For the curious, Ice was born in Virginia. Which could track if daddy was Navy, I suppose.

Still headcanon-ing he’s raised in Hawaii though.

I’m not giving that up. I don’t think.

You’re welcome, I did the research.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk. 🤟😜

#val kilmer #Tom iceman kazansky #headcanons #top gun #top gun 1986 #nobody asked for this #but here I am #fandom research #the important questions

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ecclesiasticallatinfest · 3 months

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Non-English Fanworks Count on AO3

Since Ecclesiastical Latin Fest is starting tomorrow - FULL DETAILS HERE - I figured I'd update the Non-English Fanworks Count on AO3.

I say 'fanworks' because as I went through it, I also saw some fanart and fanvids!

Results from the 28th of December.

Russian 542

Spanish 119

French 87

Ukrainian 77

Chinese 67

Italian 26

Japanese 23

Brasilian Portuguese 12

Czech 10

Polish 10

German 6

Dutch 5

Finnish 5

Vietnamese 5

Belarusian 2

Farsi 2

Catalan 1

Welsh 1

Filipino 1

Swedish 1

Turkish 1

#OFMD #Our Flag Means Death #Fandom Research #Ecclesiastical Latin Fest

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ai-fandom-researchstudy · 2 months

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About the study/me/the blog!

Hello Tumblr! I set up this blog to recruit participants for my doctoral dissertation research project. The link to the survey is in the bio of the blog, but here’s some more information!

Who are you, and what’s this blog for?

My name is Irissa; I’m a PhD Candidate at Stony Brook University recruiting research participants for my dissertation study. Broadly speaking, my academic work focuses on technology, fandom and the arts, and I’ve worked on a range of projects in that area. Personally, I’ve been in and around various fandoms since high school (I wrote my first fic at age 15). I made this blog to recruit research participants for my dissertation study, which seeks to understand the impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) image and text generation software on fans' experiences.

What’s this study about? What do I have to do?

This study asks questions about fans’ attitudes towards AI and AI-generated media. If you choose to participate (you don’t have to), you’ll be asked to take a short (15-20min) survey where you’ll be asked questions about your attitudes and background. The survey is anonymous.

After the survey, you’ll be asked if you want to be contacted about the second phase of this project, which is a face-to-face interview (60-90 minutes). You don’t have to do this, but if you want to participate in an interview as well, you can let us know on the survey.

Who’s eligible to participate?

You’re eligible to participate in this study if you’re over 18 years old, you consider yourself to be a fan of something and/or consider yourself to be actively participating in one or more fandoms, and you can speak and read English. We cannot allow individuals under 18 to participate in this research (this is due to legal regulations and ethical standards).

Will I be paid?

There’s an optional raffle for participating in this study (you can view more details on that in the consent form). I’m unable to offer compensation for every participant, because I haven’t received funding for this research from either my university or an external source.

Can I share information about this study?

Please do! Feel free to share the flyer and link to this blog to anyone in your networks who you think would be interested in participating. You can also link them to posts about this study on Bluesky, Reddit, and Twitter/X (working on Dreamwidth!). Definitely share the info with your fandom friends!

Where can I get more information? More details about the study are provided in the consent form, which you can read in full before proceeding to take the survey. You can also contact me via email ([email protected]) and through the ask box of this blog with questions. Contact info for other contacts, such as the principal investigator and Stony Brook personnel, can be found on the survey flyer and consent form.

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