…Fan fiction is a way of the culture repairing the damage done in a system where contemporary myths are owned by corporations instead of owned by the folk.

The worst thing a kid can say about homework is that it is too hard. The worst thing a kid can say about a game is it’s too easy.

Critical pessimists, such as media critics Mark Crispin Miller, Noam Chomsky, and Robert McChesney, focus primarily on the obstacles to achieving a more democratic society. In the process, they often exaggerate the power of big...

What’s exciting about this (symposium) is the total fusion of fan and academic discussions. That’s a breaking down of the walls that hasn’t occurred in many other places.

(Nathaniel) Hawthorne’s books were potboilers in their time and became part of the literary establishment. No one knows if the Harry Potter books will be part of the literary curriculum 100 years from now, but...

[Nathaniel Hawthorne’s books were] potboilers in their time and became part of the literary establishment, … No one knows if the Harry Potter books will be part of the literary curriculum 100 years from now,...

No academic is going to know these books half as well as the fans that will be gathering.

Social connectivity, creativity and learning take place through these various media-related experiences.