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Table of Contents
Fanfiction & Fan Sexuality Phase I
Introduction to Study
How I Recruited Participants
Describing the Sample- Fan Demographics
Describing the Sample- Fan Activities
Fanfiction Activity
Fanfiction & Sexuality (This post requires "friend" status)
Fan's Sexual Attitudes & Behaviors (This post requires "friend" status ( Read more... ) -
Phase I: Fanfiction
The next set of tables describes the fanfiction activities of the sample.
( Reading and reviewing were common activities. ) -
Phase I: Fan Activities
The data presented in this post address the fan activities and fannish identities of the participants in my sample.
( Fans in the current sample were active in a number of different fan forums. ) -
Phase I: Fan Demographics
A number of questions were asked to assess the demographics of the fan sample (not all are reported here).
( The average fan was approximately 31 years old and a citizen of the United States. ) -
Phase I: Sample Recruitment
Participants were recruited from fansites across the internet, including those housed here at LiveJournal, but also on various fandom-related blogs, websites (Twilighted.net) and Television Without Pity. Fans were recruited primarily from non-fanfiction centered fan communities, though there were postings on fanfiction centric communities as well ( Read more... ) -
An Introduction
As a trained clinical psychologist with a specialty in sex therapy, I have studied a number of variables related to sexual functioning in men and in women. In particular, I have been interested in women's sexual fantasies and the role they play in women's experience of their own sexuality, intrapersonally and interpersonally ( Read more... )