Dr Bethan Jones

(hi/ei)

2025

• Willment, N., Jones, B., Swords, J. and Brereton, J. 2025. The importance of professional skills within the changing media landscape of the UK screen industries: a case study of the ‘disruptive’ phenomenon of virtual production. Media Practice and Education 26(1), pp. 1-19. (10.1080/25741136.2024.2336759)

2024

• Brereton, J., Jones, B., Reeve, C., Zborowski, J. and Bramwell-Dicks, A. 2024. Play your way into production: game-based skills development for the screen industries. Presented at: 18th European Conference on Games Based Learning, Aarhus University, 3-4 October 2024 Presented at Kilså, K. and Basaiawmoit, R. V. eds.Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Games Based Learning, Vol. 18. Vol. 1. Academic Conferences International Ltd pp. 124-132., (10.34190/ecgbl.18.1.2765)
• Driessen, S., Jones, B. and Litherland, B. 2024. From fan citizenship to ‘fanspiracies’: politics and participatory cultures in times of crisis?. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies 30(1), pp. 304-312. (10.1177/13548565241236005)

2022

• Geraghty, L. et al. 2022. Roundtable: the past, present and future of fan fiction. Humanities 11(5), article number: 120. (10.3390/h11050120)
• Jones, B. 2022. Reopening The X-Files: generational fandom, gender, and bodily autonomy. In: Kies, B. and Connor, M. eds. Fandom, the Next Generation. Fandom & Culture University of Iowa Press, pp. 20-32., (10.2307/j.ctv2k4fwq8.5)
• Jones, B. 2022. Toxic fandom: Star Wars (episodes VII-IX). In: Bacon, S. ed. Toxic Cultures: A Companion., Vol. 8. Genre Fiction and Film Companions Peter Lang Group AG, pp. 171-182., (10.3726/b17458)

2019

• Jones, B. Proctor, W. et al. eds. 2019. Jafar Wars: fan-created paratexts in Alderaan places. [Disney's Star Wars: Forces of Production, Promotion, and Reception]. Fandom & Culture. University of Iowa Press. (10.2307/j.ctvmx3ht7.18)
• Jones, B. 2019. "If even one person gets hurt because of those books, that’s too many.” Fifty Shades anti-fandom, lived experience and the role of the subcultural gatekeeper. In: Click, M. A. ed. Anti-Fandom: Dislike and Hate in the Digital Age., Vol. 24. Postmillennial Pop New York: New York University Press, pp. 271-290., (10.18574/nyu/9781479866625.003.0016)

2018

• Jones, B. 2018. “Stop moaning. I gave you my email. Give me a solution”: Walker Stalker Con, fantagonism and fanagement on social media. Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception Studies 15(1), pp. 252-271.
• Jones, B. 2018. "My music was on shuffle, one of their songs came on, and I had to hit next ..": Navigating grief and disgust in Lostprophets fandom. In: Williams, R. ed. Everybody Hurts: Transitions, Endings, and Resurrections in Fan Cultures. Fandom & Culture University of Iowa Press, pp. 43-58., (10.2307/j.ctt22h6qtt.7)
• Jones, B. 2018. #AskELJames, Ghostbusters, and #Gamergate: digital dislike and damage control. In: Booth, P. ed. A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., pp. 415-429., (10.1002/9781119237211.ch26)

2017

• Jones, B. 2017. Producing and branding gender in comics: My So-Called Secret Identity and the ambivalence of an alternative address. Palabra Clave 20(4), pp. 1073-1104. (10.5294/pacla.2017.20.4.9)
• Jones, B. 2017. "Are you ready for this?" "I don't know if there's a choice": Cult reboots, The X-Files revival, and fannish expectations. In: Click, M. A. and Scott, S. eds. The Routledge Companion to Media Fandom. New York: Routledge, pp. 347-355., (10.4324/9781315637518)
• Jones, B. 2017. ‘When there’s blood involved, a line been crossed’: Spike/Eric slash and the fascinations of the crossover text. Horror Studies 8(2), pp. 275-291. (10.1386/host.8.2.275_1)
• Jones, B. and Popova, M. 2017. Sex and sexualities in popular culture: a networking knowledge special issue. Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network 10(3), pp. 1-5. (10.31165/nk.2017.103.513)
• Jones, B. 2017. "Post-object fandom: television, identity and self-narrative," by Rebecca Williams [Book Review]. Transformative Works and Cultures 25 (10.3983/twc.2017.01111)
• Chin, B. and Jones, B. 2017. Crowdfunding independence: British cinema and digital production/distribution platforms. In: Hunter, I., Porter, L. and Smith, J. eds. The Routledge Companion to British Cinema History. London: Routledge, pp. 418-428., (10.4324/9781315392189)

2016

• Driessen, S. and Jones, B. 2016. Love me for a reason: an autoethnographic account of Boyzone fandom. International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) 6(1), pp. 68-84. (10.5429/2079-3871(2016)v6i1.5en)
• Jones, B. 2016. "I hate Beyoncé and I don’t care who knows it": towards an ethics of studying anti-fandom. The Journal of Fandom Studies 4(3), pp. 283-299. (10.1386/jfs.4.3.283_1)
• Jones, B. 2016. "I will throw you off your ship and you will drown and die”: death threats, intra-fandom hate, and the performance of fangirling. In: Bennett, L. and Booth, P. eds. Seeing Fans: Representations of Fandom in Media and Popular Culture. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 53-66., (10.5040/9781501318481.ch-005)
• Jones, B. 2016. Science fiction, fantasy and politics: transmedia world-building beyond capitalism by Dan Hassler-Forrest. Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception Studies 13(1), pp. 701-704.
• Bennett, L., Chin, B. and Jones, B. 2016. Between privacy, ethics, fandom and social media: new trajectories that challenge media producer/fan relations. In: Davisson, A. and Booth, P. eds. Controversies in Digital Ethics. Llandysul: Bloomsbury, pp. 107-122.
• Jones, B. 2016. 'My inner goddess is smouldering and not in a good way’: an anti-fannish account of consuming Fifty Shades“. [Online]. Intensities: The Journal of Cult Media: Intensities: The Journal of Cult Media. Available at: https://intensitiescultmedia.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/2-jones-inner-goddess.pdf

2015

• Hester, H., Jones, B. and Taylor-Harman, S. 2015. Giffing a fuck: non-narrative pleasures in participatory porn cultures and female fandom. Porn Studies 2(4), pp. 356-366. (10.1080/23268743.2015.1083883)
• Jones, B. 2015. Antifan activism as a response to MTV's The Valleys. Transformative Works and Cultures 19 (10.3983/twc.2015.0585)
• Jones, B. 2015. My Little Pony, tolerance is magic: gender policing and Brony anti-fandom. The Journal of Popular Television 3(1), pp. 119-125. (10.1386/jptv.3.1.119_1)
• Jones, B. 2015. Aca-fan research on fannish sites: ethical and moral challenges to using social media. [Online]. Bethan V Jones: Fan Studies, Cult Television, Nostalgia: Bethan V Jones: Fan Studies, Cult Television, Nostalgia. Available at: https://bethanvjones.wordpress.com/2015/04/03/aca-fan-research-on-fannish-sites-ethical-and-moral-challenges-to-using-social-media/
• Jones, B. 2015. Fannish tattooing and sacred identity. Transformative Works and Cultures 18 (10.3983/twc.2015.0626)
• Jones, B. 2015. Book review: celebrity capital: assessing the value of fame by Barrie Gunter. [Online]. LSE Review of Books: LSE Review of Books. Available at: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/73752/

2014

• Jones, B. 2014. Cult collections: nostalgia, fandom and collecting popular culture by Lincoln Geraghty. Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception Studies 11(2), pp. 327-330.
• Jones, B. 2014. Book review: the Ashgate research companion to fan cultures edited by Linda Duits, Koos Zwaan and Stijn Reijnders. [Online]. LSE Review of Books: LSE Review of Books. Available at: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/73979/
• Jones, B. and Clayton, W. 2014. Special Issue: the transmedia relationship between film/TV texts and board games.. [Online]. Vol. 7. Intensities: The Journal of Cult Media: Intensities: The Journal of Cult Media. Available at: https://intensitiescultmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1-jones-and-clayton-editors-introduction-pp-1-41.pdf
• Jones, B. 2014. Unusual geography: Discworld board games and paratextual L-space. [Online]. Vol. 7. Intensities: The Journal of Cult Media: Intensities: The Journal of Cult Media. Available at: https://intensitiescultmedia.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/6-jones-unusual-geography-pp-55-73.pdf
• Jones, B. 2014. Normal human interest in werewolves and vampires bonking. In: Clayton, W. and Harman, S. eds. Screening Twilight: Critical Approaches to a Cinematic Phenomenon. I.B. Tauris Film Studies Archive 1998-2015, Title By Title London: I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd, pp. 187–204., (10.5040/9780755694679.ch-015)
• Jones, B. 2014. Written on the body: experiencing affect and identity in my fannish tattoos. Transformative Works and Cultures 16 (10.3983/twc.2014.0527)
• Chin, B., Jones, B., McNutt, M. and Pebler, L. 2014. Veronica Mars kickstarter and crowd funding. Transformative Works and Cultures 15 (10.3983/twc.2014.0519)
• Jones, B. 2014. Fifty shades of exploitation: fan labor and Fifty Shades of Grey. Transformative Works and Cultures 15 (10.3983/twc.2014.0501)

2013

• Harman, S. and Jones, B. 2013. Fifty shades of ghey: snark fandom and the figure of the anti-fan. Sexualities 16(8), pp. 951-968. (10.1177/1363460713508887)
• Deller, R. A., Harman, S. and Jones, B. 2013. Introduction to the special issue: reading the Fifty Shades 'phenomenon'. Sexualities 16(8), pp. 859-863. (10.1177/1363460713508899)
• Jones, B. 2013. The fandom is out there: social media and The X-Files online. In: Barton, K. M. and Lampley, J. M. eds. Fan CULTure: Essays on Participatory Fandom in the 21st Century. [Fan CULTure: Essays on Participatory Fandom in the 21st Century]. McFarland & Co, pp. 92-105.
• Jones, B. 2013. The g-woman and the fowl one: fic and femslash in The X-Files fandom. In: Jamison, A. ed. Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World. Smart Pop, pp. 122-129.
• Jones, B. 2013. Slow evolution: 'first time fics' and The X-Files porn parody. Journal of Adaptation in Film and Performance 6(3), pp. 369-385. (10.1386/jafp.6.3.369_1)
• Bury, R., Deller, R. A., Greenwood, A. and Jones, B. 2013. From Usenet to Tumblr: the changing role of social media. Participations 10(1), pp. 299-318.

2012

• Jones, B. 2012. Buffy vs. Bella: gender, relationships and the modern vampire. In: Mutch, D. ed. The Modern Vampire and Human Identity. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 37–54., (10.1057/9780230370142_3)
• Jones, B. 2012. Being of service: "X-Files" fans and social engagement. Transformative Works and Cultures 10 (10.3983/twc.2012.0309)