Fan Cultural Perspective Study On Fandom Celebrity

This paper carried out research under the view of fan culture.From the perspective of communication,sociology and psychology,with fandom celebrity who is known for his or her creations as the research object,and with ONE PIECE,a Japanese comic,whose Chinese online fandom,as the research sample,by document research,deep interview combined with participatory observation,to explore how a fandom create its own stars,and how these stars and fandom members formulate the community culture together.Trying to describe and analysis fan community at a micro level.The preface mainly gives an introduction about the background,significant,the object,and the method of the study.Then reviews research status at home and abroad and makes a brief comment.In addition,giving definitions to several concepts,like fandom celebrities and fandom.The second chapter to the forth is the main part of the paper.We go along these stars’ road to fame to study,and divide the journey into three parts,each part is researched from both stars’ point of view and members’counterpart.Specifically,the second chapter is Unknown Period---Create and Choose.We explore the reason why a fandom celebrity start to create,the reason why a fan is fascinated by something,and the path of a fan to contact fan texts.The third chapter,Sparkling Period---Continue and Follow,focuses on the continuous creative activities of fandom celebrities,and the continuous following activities of fandom members.The forth chapter is Well-known Period---Identification and Formulation,which is about how fandom celebrities and members formulate the community culture together.The last chapter is the conclusion,which carried out a systematical and brief summary to the research discovery.