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Dr Lucy Bennett
(she/her)
BA (Cardiff), MA (Cardiff), PhD (Cardiff)
Lecturer in Media Audiences (Teaching and Research)
School of Journalism, Media and Culture
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
I am a lecturer in the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University, with research interests and expertise in Popular Music and Fandom and Fan Cultures. I am also the course director for the BA Degree in Media, Journalism & Culture.
I teach and designed the undergraduate degree modules which run at JOMEC, Cardiff University:
Popular Music, Media & Culture
Media Fandom
I also teach on the History of Mass Communication and Culture core first year BA module, focusing on the Popular Music Industry past and present.
I have undertaken consultation work for YouTube in California, advising and producing research on fans and digital fandom. I have appeared on BBC Radio 4 talking about my research on popular music fandom and have given input to The Recording Academy/The Grammies on popular music, social media and authenticity.
I am a regular commentator in national and international media about music fandom and popular music more broadly, interviewed about topics such as live music gigs, camping culture, music fandom and online practices, and artists such as Taylor Swift and Chappell Roan. My comments on music and fandom have appeared on BBC UK News, BBC World News, NBC News, CNN, BBC Radio One Newsbeat, BBC One Points of View, BBC Radio Four, The Washington Post, The Washington Informer, The Guardian, Dazed Media, The Economist, Newsweek, The Daily Beast, Inside Hook, BBC Radio Jersey, Architectural Digest, 20 Minutes, La Repubblica D Magazine, and many more.
I worked with Welsh cultural and music platform AM on research on their audiences, as well as with PYST, a leading music label promoter and music distributor in Wales. In addition I am undertaking research on musicians and digital transformation in the creative economy, Welsh language music and the Welsh music scene and undertaking an analysis of music and fan culture on TikTok.
I also am involved in music journalism, conducting interviews with bands and musicians, for online music publication God is in the TV.
I am on the editorial board for the journals New Media & Society, The Journal of Fandom Studies, and Transformative Works and Cultures, On a more local level, I am passionate about the music scene in Cardiff/Wales and am on the jury for the Welsh Music Prize, and on the judging panel for The Forte Project - a mentorship scheme for musicians in Wales.
I co-founded and co-chair (with Dr Tom Phillips) the Fan Studies Network (https://fanstudies.org/). Involving hundreds of members worldwide, since its launch in 2012 the network has fruitfully forged new connections and collaborations between academics in the field.
I curated an educational video playlist on Popular Music, Media and Culture for Learning on Screen, which you can access here: https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/bob-curated-playlists/popular-music-media-and-culture/
I have published two books: Crowdfunding the Future: Media Industries, Ethics and Digital Society (edited with Bertha Chin and Bethan Jones, Peter Lang, 2015) and Seeing Fans: Representations of Fandom in Media and Popular Culture (edited with Paul Booth, Bloomsbury, 2016). My work on popular music, digital culture and media appears in journals such as New Media & Society, Transformative Works and Cultures, Celebrity Studies, The Journal of Fandom Studies, Social Semiotics, Discourse, Context & Media, Cinema Journal, Participations and Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies.
In 2013 I was highlighted as one of five ‘new voices’ in media and cultural studies by Cinema Journal, journal of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies.
I have worked on a variety of media research project, including a GW4 funded project examining cameras in courtrooms, and was a research assistant on the media strand for the ESRC research project Digital Citizenship and Surveillance Society: UK State-Media-Citizen Relations after the Snowden Leaks. Prior to this, I was also a research associate on a UNHCR funded project examining media representations of refugees in the British press, and undertook research on the represetation of media studies. I worked as a researcher on a number of different projects in the school, including four BBC Trust reviews, including the prominent 2012 BBC Trust impartiality review focusing on breadth of opinion, of which I contributed to the final published report. Prior to my current role in JOMEC, during 2014 I led and designed the module ‘Understanding Culture’ on the MSc at the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol.
In 2020 I became a fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Publication
2022
- Williams, R. and Bennett, L. 2022. Editorial: fandom and controversy. American Behavioral Scientist 66(8), pp. 1035-1043. (10.1177/00027642211042290)
- Garcia-Blanco, I. and Bennett, L. 2022. "Stop giving us the negatives of the other side's aims": The EU referendum through letters to the editor. Journalism Studies 23, pp. 207-223. (10.1080/1461670X.2021.2017792)
2021
- Garcia-Blanco, I. and Bennett, L. 2021. Between a 'media circus' and 'seeing justice being done': metajournalistic discourse and the transparency of justice in the debate on filming trials in British newspapers. Journalism 22(1), pp. 176-195. (10.1177/1464884918760025)
- Berry, M., Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Garcia-Blanco, I., Bennett, L. and Cable, J. 2021. British public service broadcasting, the EU and Brexit. Journalism Studies 22(15), pp. 2082-2102. (10.1080/1461670X.2021.1981154)
2020
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. eds. 2020. Journalism, citizenship and surveillance society. Routledge.
2019
- Bennett, L. 2019. 'Someone is someone's father!': An autoethnography of a non-Star Wars viewer. In: Proctor, W. and McCollough, R. eds. Disney's Star Wars: Forces of Production, Promotion, and Reception. University of Iowa Press, pp. 278-288.
2018
- Bennett, L., Berry, M. and Allan, S. 2018. Introduction. Journalism Studies 19(13), pp. 1849-1853. (10.1080/1461670X.2018.1502922)
- Bennett, L. 2018. Remembering R.E.M.: social media, memories and endings within music fandom. In: Williams, R. ed. Everybody Hurts: Transitions, Endings, and Resurrections in Fan Cultures. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, pp. 19-30.
- Bennett, L. 2018. Surveying fandom: the ethics, design and use of surveys in fan studies. In: Scott, M. A. and Click, S. eds. The Routledge Companion to Media Fandom. Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions Routledge, pp. 36-44.
- Bennett, L. 2018. Representations of fans and fandom in the British newspaper media. In: Booth, P. ed. Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies. Wiley Blackwell, pp. 107-122.
2017
- Bennett, L. 2017. 7. Resisting technology in music fandom: nostalgia, authenticity, and Kate Bush's "before the dawn". In: Gray, J., Sandvoss, C. and Harrington, C. L. eds. Fandom, Second Edition: Identities and Communities in a Mediated World. New York: New York University Press, pp. 127-142., (10.18574/nyu/9781479845453.003.0010)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Berry, M., Garcia-Blanco, I., Bennett, L. and Cable, J. 2017. Rethinking balance and impartiality in journalism? How the BBC attempted and failed to change the paradigm. Journalism 18(7), pp. 781-800. (10.1177/1464884916648094)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Bennett, L. K. and Cable, J. 2017. Surveillance normalization and critique: News coverage and journalists’ discourses around the Snowden revelations. Digital Journalism 5(3), pp. 386-403. (10.1080/21670811.2016.1250607)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Hintz, A., Dencik, L. and Bennett, L. 2017. Journalism, citizenship and surveillance - introduction. Digital Journalism 5(3), pp. 256-261. (10.1080/21670811.2016.1266134)
- Bennett, L. and Kidd, J. 2017. Myths about media studies: the construction of media studies education in the British press. Continuum 31(2), pp. 163-176. (10.1080/10304312.2016.1265096)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Bennett, L. and Taylor, G. 2017. The normalization of surveillance and the invisibility of digital citizenship: media debates after the Snowden revelations. International Journal of Communication 11, pp. 740-762.
2016
- Bennett, L. 2016. Fandom, liveness and technology at Tori Amos music concerts: examining the movement of meaning within social media use. In: Experiencing Liveness in Contemporary Performance: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. New York: Routledge, pp. 48-59., (10.4324/9781315659701-10)
- Bennett, L. and Booth, P. eds. 2016. Seeing fans: representations of fandom in media and popular culture. Bloomsbury.
- 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.
- Bennett, L. 2016. Singer-songwriters and fandom in the digital age. In: Williams, K. and Williams, J. A. eds. The Cambridge Companion to the Singer-Songwriter. Cambridge Companions to Music Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 329-340.
2015
- Bennett, L. 2015. A shift of responsibility?: Public inclusion and the implications of crowdfunding academic research. [Online]. Media Commons. Available at: http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/question/what-are-potential-implications-crowdfunding-academic-research-and-teaching/response/shift-
- Bennett, L., Chin, B. and Jones, B. eds. 2015. Crowdfunding the future: media industries, ethics, and digital society. Digital Formations Vol. 98. Oxford: Peter Lang.
- Booth, P. J. and Bennett, L. 2015. Exploring fandom and the performance paradigm: An interview with Kurt Lancaster, author of 'Interacting with "Babylon 5"'. Transformative Works and Cultures 18, article number: 638. (10.3983/twc.2015.0638)
2014
- Bennett, L. and Chin, B. 2014. Exploring fandom, social media, and producer/fan interactions: An interview with Sleepy Hollow's Orlando Jones. Transformative Works and Cultures 17(2014) (10.3983/twc.2014.0601)
- Bennett, L. 2014. Popular music fandom: Identities, roles, and practices, edited by Mark Duffett [Book Review]. Transformative Works and Cultures 17 (10.3983/twc.2014.0604.)
- Bennett, L. 2014. Fan/celebrity interactions and social media: connectivity and engagement in Lady Gaga fandom. In: Duits, L., Zwann, K. and Reijnders, S. eds. The Ashgate Research Companion to Fan Cultures. Ashgate, pp. 109-120.
- Bennett, L. 2014. Tracing textual poachers: reflections on the development of fan studies and digital fandom. The Journal of Fandom Studies 2(1), pp. 5-20. (10.1386/jfs.2.1.5_1)
- Kelsey, D. and Bennett, L. 2014. Discipline and resistance on social media: Discourse, power and context in the Paul Chambers 'Twitter Joke Trial'. Discourse, Context & Media 3, pp. 37-45. (10.1016/j.dcm.2013.12.001)
- Jamison-Powell, S., Bennett, L., Mahoney, J. and Lawson, S. 2014. Understanding in-situ social media use at music festivals. Presented at: 17th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing, Baltimore, MD, 15–19 February 2014Proceedings of the Companion Publication of the 17th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing. New York, NY,: ACM pp. 177-180., (10.1145/2556420.2556503)
- Doughty, M., Lawson, S., Linehan, C., Rowland, D. and Bennett, L. 2014. Disinhibited abuse of othered communities by second-screening audiences. Presented at: 2014 ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 25-27 June 2014Proceedings of the 2014 ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video. New York, NY: ACM pp. 55-62., (10.1145/2602299.2602311)
- Bennett, L., Chin, B. and Jones, B. Bennett, L., Chin, B. and Jones, B. eds. 2014. Crowdfunding: A 'New Media & Society' special issue. Vol 17, no 2.. SAGE Publications. (10.1177/1461444814558906)
- Bennett, L. 2014. Texting and tweeting at live music concerts: flow, fandom and connecting with other audiences through mobile phone technology. In: Burland, K. and Pitts, S. eds. Coughing and Clapping: Investigating Audience Experience. SEMPRE Studies in The Psychology of Music Ashgate, pp. 89-100.
2013
- Bennett, L. 2013. Fan power [radio interview]. [BBC Radio 4]. 11 November 2013.
- Bennett, L. 2013. New adventures in Hi-Fi: Studying popular music fandom in the digital age. [Online]. In Media Res. Available at: http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/2013/08/30/new-adventures-hi-fi-studying-popular-music-fandom-digital-age
- Bennett, L. 2013. Examining social media and celebrity activism: Lady Gaga, fandom and don't ask, don't tell. [Online]. Reframing Activism. Available at: http://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/activistmedia/2013/05/examining-celebrity-activism-and-social-media-lady-gaga-fandom-and-dont-ask-dont-tell/
- Bennett, L. 2013. Disrupting engagement?: Live music, mobile technology and fandom. [Online]. Live Music Exchange. Available at: http://livemusicexchange.org/blog/disrupting-engagement-live-music-mobile-technology-and-fandom-lucy-bennett/
- Bennett, L. 2013. Discourses of order and rationality: drooling R.E.M. fans as 'matter out of place'. Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies 27(2), pp. 214-227. (10.1080/10304312.2013.766313)
- Bennett, L. 2013. Researching online fandom. Cinema Journal 52(4), pp. 129-134. (10.1353/cj.2013.0033)
- Bennett, L. 2013. 'If we stick together we can do anything': Lady Gaga fandom, philanthropy and activism through social media. Celebrity Studies 5(1-2), pp. 138-152. (10.1080/19392397.2013.813778)
- Bennett, L. and Phillips, T. 2013. An introduction: The Fan Studies Network – new connections, new research. Participations: The International Journal of Audience and Reception Studies 10(1), pp. 52-55.
- Jones, B. and Bennett, L. 2013. Blurring boundaries, crossing divides: An interview with Will Brooker. Participations: The International Journal of Audience and Reception Studies 10(1), pp. 335-350.
2012
- Bennett, L. 2012. Music fandom online: R.E.M. fans in pursuit of the ultimate first listen. New Media & Society 14(5), pp. 748-763. (10.1177/1461444811422895)
- Bennett, L. 2012. Music audiences: An introduction. Participations: The International Journal of Audience and Reception Studies 9(2), pp. 200-205.
- Bennett, L. 2012. Fan activism for social mobilization: A critical review of the literature. Transformative Works and Cultures 10 (10.3983/twc.2012.0346)
- Bennett, L. 2012. Lost in time: Lost fan engagement with temporal play. In: Ames, M. ed. Time in Television Narrative: Exploring Temporality in Twenty-First-Century Programming. University Press of Mississippi, pp. 297-309.
- Bennett, L. 2012. Transformations through Twitter: The England riots, television viewership and negotiations of power through media convergence. Participations: The International Journal of Audience and Reception Studies 9(2), pp. 511-525.
- Bennett, L. 2012. Patterns of listening through social media: online fan engagement with the live music experience. Social Semiotics 22(5), pp. 545-557. (10.1080/10350330.2012.731897)
2011
- Bennett, L. 2011. Listening Through Social Media: Online fan engagement with the live music experience. Presented at: Transforming Audiences 3, London, 1-2 September 2011.
- Bennett, L. 2011. Transformations through Twitter: Television viewership and negotiations of power through media convergence. Presented at: COST Action Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies, London, 31 August 2011.
- Bennett, L. 2011. Log on and Freak Out: Twitter and online fan engagement with the live music experience. Presented at: The Business of Live Music, Edinburgh, 31 March – 2 April 2011.
- Bennett, L. 2011. Conference Reports. International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) UK and Ireland Branch, Biennial Conference, 2–4 September 2010, Cardiff, UK: Experience, Engagement, Meaning. Popular Music -Cambridge- 30(1), pp. 145-147. (10.1017/S0261143010000632)
- Bennett, L. 2011. Delegitimizing strategic power: normative identity and governance in online R.E.M. fandom. Transformative Works and Cultures 7(2011) (doi:10.3983/twc.2011.0281.)
2010
- Bennett, L. 2010. Drooling R.E.M. fans as “matter out of place". Presented at: International Association for the Study of Popular Music-UK / Ireland, Cardiff, 2 – 4 September 2010.
- Bennett, L. 2010. Triskaidekaphobics: R.E.M. fans in pursuit of the ultimate first listen. Presented at: Popular Music Fandom Symposium, Chester, 25 June 2010.
2009
- Bennett, L. K. 2009. Thinking fan's rock band : R.E.M. fandom and negotiations of normativity in Murmurs.com.. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2008
- Bennett, L. 2008. Normative identity and governance of R.E.M. fans in Murmurs.com. Presented at: MeCCSA, Cardiff, 9-11 January 2008.
- Lewis, J. M. W., Cushion, S., Groves, C., Bennett, L., Reardon, S., Wilkins, E. and Williams, R. 2008. Four Nations Impartiality Review: An analysis of reporting devolution. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/review_report_research/impartiality/appendix_a_cardiff_u_analysis.pdf
Articles
- Williams, R. and Bennett, L. 2022. Editorial: fandom and controversy. American Behavioral Scientist 66(8), pp. 1035-1043. (10.1177/00027642211042290)
- Garcia-Blanco, I. and Bennett, L. 2022. "Stop giving us the negatives of the other side's aims": The EU referendum through letters to the editor. Journalism Studies 23, pp. 207-223. (10.1080/1461670X.2021.2017792)
- Garcia-Blanco, I. and Bennett, L. 2021. Between a 'media circus' and 'seeing justice being done': metajournalistic discourse and the transparency of justice in the debate on filming trials in British newspapers. Journalism 22(1), pp. 176-195. (10.1177/1464884918760025)
- Berry, M., Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Garcia-Blanco, I., Bennett, L. and Cable, J. 2021. British public service broadcasting, the EU and Brexit. Journalism Studies 22(15), pp. 2082-2102. (10.1080/1461670X.2021.1981154)
- Bennett, L., Berry, M. and Allan, S. 2018. Introduction. Journalism Studies 19(13), pp. 1849-1853. (10.1080/1461670X.2018.1502922)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Berry, M., Garcia-Blanco, I., Bennett, L. and Cable, J. 2017. Rethinking balance and impartiality in journalism? How the BBC attempted and failed to change the paradigm. Journalism 18(7), pp. 781-800. (10.1177/1464884916648094)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Bennett, L. K. and Cable, J. 2017. Surveillance normalization and critique: News coverage and journalists’ discourses around the Snowden revelations. Digital Journalism 5(3), pp. 386-403. (10.1080/21670811.2016.1250607)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Hintz, A., Dencik, L. and Bennett, L. 2017. Journalism, citizenship and surveillance - introduction. Digital Journalism 5(3), pp. 256-261. (10.1080/21670811.2016.1266134)
- Bennett, L. and Kidd, J. 2017. Myths about media studies: the construction of media studies education in the British press. Continuum 31(2), pp. 163-176. (10.1080/10304312.2016.1265096)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Bennett, L. and Taylor, G. 2017. The normalization of surveillance and the invisibility of digital citizenship: media debates after the Snowden revelations. International Journal of Communication 11, pp. 740-762.
- Booth, P. J. and Bennett, L. 2015. Exploring fandom and the performance paradigm: An interview with Kurt Lancaster, author of 'Interacting with "Babylon 5"'. Transformative Works and Cultures 18, article number: 638. (10.3983/twc.2015.0638)
- Bennett, L. and Chin, B. 2014. Exploring fandom, social media, and producer/fan interactions: An interview with Sleepy Hollow's Orlando Jones. Transformative Works and Cultures 17(2014) (10.3983/twc.2014.0601)
- Bennett, L. 2014. Popular music fandom: Identities, roles, and practices, edited by Mark Duffett [Book Review]. Transformative Works and Cultures 17 (10.3983/twc.2014.0604.)
- Bennett, L. 2014. Tracing textual poachers: reflections on the development of fan studies and digital fandom. The Journal of Fandom Studies 2(1), pp. 5-20. (10.1386/jfs.2.1.5_1)
- Kelsey, D. and Bennett, L. 2014. Discipline and resistance on social media: Discourse, power and context in the Paul Chambers 'Twitter Joke Trial'. Discourse, Context & Media 3, pp. 37-45. (10.1016/j.dcm.2013.12.001)
- Bennett, L. 2013. Discourses of order and rationality: drooling R.E.M. fans as 'matter out of place'. Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies 27(2), pp. 214-227. (10.1080/10304312.2013.766313)
- Bennett, L. 2013. Researching online fandom. Cinema Journal 52(4), pp. 129-134. (10.1353/cj.2013.0033)
- Bennett, L. 2013. 'If we stick together we can do anything': Lady Gaga fandom, philanthropy and activism through social media. Celebrity Studies 5(1-2), pp. 138-152. (10.1080/19392397.2013.813778)
- Bennett, L. and Phillips, T. 2013. An introduction: The Fan Studies Network – new connections, new research. Participations: The International Journal of Audience and Reception Studies 10(1), pp. 52-55.
- Jones, B. and Bennett, L. 2013. Blurring boundaries, crossing divides: An interview with Will Brooker. Participations: The International Journal of Audience and Reception Studies 10(1), pp. 335-350.
- Bennett, L. 2012. Music fandom online: R.E.M. fans in pursuit of the ultimate first listen. New Media & Society 14(5), pp. 748-763. (10.1177/1461444811422895)
- Bennett, L. 2012. Music audiences: An introduction. Participations: The International Journal of Audience and Reception Studies 9(2), pp. 200-205.
- Bennett, L. 2012. Fan activism for social mobilization: A critical review of the literature. Transformative Works and Cultures 10 (10.3983/twc.2012.0346)
- Bennett, L. 2012. Transformations through Twitter: The England riots, television viewership and negotiations of power through media convergence. Participations: The International Journal of Audience and Reception Studies 9(2), pp. 511-525.
- Bennett, L. 2012. Patterns of listening through social media: online fan engagement with the live music experience. Social Semiotics 22(5), pp. 545-557. (10.1080/10350330.2012.731897)
- Bennett, L. 2011. Conference Reports. International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) UK and Ireland Branch, Biennial Conference, 2–4 September 2010, Cardiff, UK: Experience, Engagement, Meaning. Popular Music -Cambridge- 30(1), pp. 145-147. (10.1017/S0261143010000632)
- Bennett, L. 2011. Delegitimizing strategic power: normative identity and governance in online R.E.M. fandom. Transformative Works and Cultures 7(2011) (doi:10.3983/twc.2011.0281.)
Audio
- Bennett, L. 2013. Fan power [radio interview]. [BBC Radio 4]. 11 November 2013.
Book sections
- Bennett, L. 2019. 'Someone is someone's father!': An autoethnography of a non-Star Wars viewer. In: Proctor, W. and McCollough, R. eds. Disney's Star Wars: Forces of Production, Promotion, and Reception. University of Iowa Press, pp. 278-288.
- Bennett, L. 2018. Remembering R.E.M.: social media, memories and endings within music fandom. In: Williams, R. ed. Everybody Hurts: Transitions, Endings, and Resurrections in Fan Cultures. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, pp. 19-30.
- Bennett, L. 2018. Surveying fandom: the ethics, design and use of surveys in fan studies. In: Scott, M. A. and Click, S. eds. The Routledge Companion to Media Fandom. Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions Routledge, pp. 36-44.
- Bennett, L. 2018. Representations of fans and fandom in the British newspaper media. In: Booth, P. ed. Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies. Wiley Blackwell, pp. 107-122.
- Bennett, L. 2017. 7. Resisting technology in music fandom: nostalgia, authenticity, and Kate Bush's "before the dawn". In: Gray, J., Sandvoss, C. and Harrington, C. L. eds. Fandom, Second Edition: Identities and Communities in a Mediated World. New York: New York University Press, pp. 127-142., (10.18574/nyu/9781479845453.003.0010)
- Bennett, L. 2016. Fandom, liveness and technology at Tori Amos music concerts: examining the movement of meaning within social media use. In: Experiencing Liveness in Contemporary Performance: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. New York: Routledge, pp. 48-59., (10.4324/9781315659701-10)
- 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.
- Bennett, L. 2016. Singer-songwriters and fandom in the digital age. In: Williams, K. and Williams, J. A. eds. The Cambridge Companion to the Singer-Songwriter. Cambridge Companions to Music Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 329-340.
- Bennett, L. 2014. Fan/celebrity interactions and social media: connectivity and engagement in Lady Gaga fandom. In: Duits, L., Zwann, K. and Reijnders, S. eds. The Ashgate Research Companion to Fan Cultures. Ashgate, pp. 109-120.
- Bennett, L. 2014. Texting and tweeting at live music concerts: flow, fandom and connecting with other audiences through mobile phone technology. In: Burland, K. and Pitts, S. eds. Coughing and Clapping: Investigating Audience Experience. SEMPRE Studies in The Psychology of Music Ashgate, pp. 89-100.
- Bennett, L. 2012. Lost in time: Lost fan engagement with temporal play. In: Ames, M. ed. Time in Television Narrative: Exploring Temporality in Twenty-First-Century Programming. University Press of Mississippi, pp. 297-309.
Books
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. eds. 2020. Journalism, citizenship and surveillance society. Routledge.
- Bennett, L. and Booth, P. eds. 2016. Seeing fans: representations of fandom in media and popular culture. Bloomsbury.
- Bennett, L., Chin, B. and Jones, B. eds. 2015. Crowdfunding the future: media industries, ethics, and digital society. Digital Formations Vol. 98. Oxford: Peter Lang.
- Bennett, L., Chin, B. and Jones, B. Bennett, L., Chin, B. and Jones, B. eds. 2014. Crowdfunding: A 'New Media & Society' special issue. Vol 17, no 2.. SAGE Publications. (10.1177/1461444814558906)
Conferences
- Jamison-Powell, S., Bennett, L., Mahoney, J. and Lawson, S. 2014. Understanding in-situ social media use at music festivals. Presented at: 17th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing, Baltimore, MD, 15–19 February 2014Proceedings of the Companion Publication of the 17th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing. New York, NY,: ACM pp. 177-180., (10.1145/2556420.2556503)
- Doughty, M., Lawson, S., Linehan, C., Rowland, D. and Bennett, L. 2014. Disinhibited abuse of othered communities by second-screening audiences. Presented at: 2014 ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 25-27 June 2014Proceedings of the 2014 ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video. New York, NY: ACM pp. 55-62., (10.1145/2602299.2602311)
- Bennett, L. 2011. Listening Through Social Media: Online fan engagement with the live music experience. Presented at: Transforming Audiences 3, London, 1-2 September 2011.
- Bennett, L. 2011. Transformations through Twitter: Television viewership and negotiations of power through media convergence. Presented at: COST Action Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies, London, 31 August 2011.
- Bennett, L. 2011. Log on and Freak Out: Twitter and online fan engagement with the live music experience. Presented at: The Business of Live Music, Edinburgh, 31 March – 2 April 2011.
- Bennett, L. 2010. Drooling R.E.M. fans as “matter out of place". Presented at: International Association for the Study of Popular Music-UK / Ireland, Cardiff, 2 – 4 September 2010.
- Bennett, L. 2010. Triskaidekaphobics: R.E.M. fans in pursuit of the ultimate first listen. Presented at: Popular Music Fandom Symposium, Chester, 25 June 2010.
- Bennett, L. 2008. Normative identity and governance of R.E.M. fans in Murmurs.com. Presented at: MeCCSA, Cardiff, 9-11 January 2008.
Monographs
- Lewis, J. M. W., Cushion, S., Groves, C., Bennett, L., Reardon, S., Wilkins, E. and Williams, R. 2008. Four Nations Impartiality Review: An analysis of reporting devolution. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/review_report_research/impartiality/appendix_a_cardiff_u_analysis.pdf
Thesis
- Bennett, L. K. 2009. Thinking fan's rock band : R.E.M. fandom and negotiations of normativity in Murmurs.com.. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Websites
- Bennett, L. 2015. A shift of responsibility?: Public inclusion and the implications of crowdfunding academic research. [Online]. Media Commons. Available at: http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/question/what-are-potential-implications-crowdfunding-academic-research-and-teaching/response/shift-
- Bennett, L. 2013. New adventures in Hi-Fi: Studying popular music fandom in the digital age. [Online]. In Media Res. Available at: http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/2013/08/30/new-adventures-hi-fi-studying-popular-music-fandom-digital-age
- Bennett, L. 2013. Examining social media and celebrity activism: Lady Gaga, fandom and don't ask, don't tell. [Online]. Reframing Activism. Available at: http://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/activistmedia/2013/05/examining-celebrity-activism-and-social-media-lady-gaga-fandom-and-dont-ask-dont-tell/
- Bennett, L. 2013. Disrupting engagement?: Live music, mobile technology and fandom. [Online]. Live Music Exchange. Available at: http://livemusicexchange.org/blog/disrupting-engagement-live-music-mobile-technology-and-fandom-lucy-bennett/
Research
- Live Music Fandom and Audiences: Within this research strand I have been exploring: a) the use of technology, social media and digital media during live concerts by fans, b) camping culture by fans outside the concerts, and the meaning and impact this can have, c) live concert etiquette by fans - with the rise of audience members throwing objects at musicians, and d) the connections between musicians and fans at live concerts. I have been a regular commentator in the media about these topics, being interviewed and my comments featuring in key media companies such as NBC News, BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat, BBC Jersey, BBC News Worldwide, The Guardian, and many more internationally.
- Popular Music: Another key area of my research is popular music and how it intersects with media and culture. I teach a big third year module on this topic and supervise BA, MA, and PhD students in JOMEC in this area. I have published academic research on on music festivals, musician presence on social media, live music concerts, digital music fandom and online music cultures.
- Music Journalism: I am currently undertaking a project exploring the roles and impacts of music journalism. I also work on occasion as a music journalist, writing for God is in the TV.
- Music Fandom: I have been researching how music fandom and audiences are being impacted by technology and the implications that arise out of this. My PhD thesis focused on an online community of R.E.M. fans and their online fandom. I have published further on topics such as the use of technology during live music concerts, the use and implications of Twitter by fans, celebrities and producers, and Lady Gaga, social media and activism. In addition to my published jorunal articles and books in this area, I am on the editorial board of the Journal of Fandom Studies and Transformative Works and Cultures.
- Wales, music and identity: I am currently exploring the connections between music, place, and identity, focusing on Welsh music and the music in Wales.
- Music industry: My work also explores impacts on key elements of the music industry. I am curremtly collabortaing on a project focused on Patreon and the lived experiences and impact on musicians who use the platform.
Teaching
I teach and design the following undergraduate degree modules:
Popular Music, Media & Culture
Media Fandom
I also teach on the History of Mass Communication and Culture core first year BA module, focusing on the Popular Music Industry past and present.
I have also been the module co-odinator for the Dissertation, and Media and Gender modules.
Supervisions
I would be interested in supervising PhD students in the the areas of:
- Popular music
- Popular music and technology - such as streaming and TikTok
- Music journalism
- Live music concerts and practices, such as camping culture
- Music and Wales/Welsh identity
- Music fans and fandom
- Media fandom more broadly
Current MPhil and PhD student topics supervised:
- Through Cross-Media Strategies, How Does Danmei Literature-Adapted Film and TV Series in China Respond to Fandom?
- "Peppa Pig: ‘Poor Daddy having to work. Lucky Mummy, you can play at home all day!’ An investigation into the representation of gendered parenthood roles in pre-school and children’s television"
Completed projects supervised:
- Henry Morgan: Music, platforms and the digital self: the negotiation of identity in online music cultures in the 2010s.
- Bethan Jones: Fandom is Beautiful (Except When It Isn’t): Hatred, Dislike and Toxicity Online
Current supervision
Laura Marie Sinclair
Research student
Engagement
I have undertaken consultation work for YouTube in California, advising and producing research on fans and digital fandom. I have appeared on BBC Radio 4 talking about my research on popular music fandom and have recently given input to The Recording Academy/The Grammies on popular music, social media and authenticity. I have appeared in international media commenting about music fandom, media fandom, and popular music more broadly. I was recently interviewed for articles in Dazed Media/Dazed & Confused on live music fan behaviour and another article on concert fan camping culture. I also recently spoke to The Economist for a piece on music stan fandom culture and Inside Hook for a piece on TikTok, the music industry and music fandom. I was also interviewed by The Daily Beast for a piece on How TikTok and Tech Gave Kylie Minogue the Song of the Summer, and Newsweek for the article Yes, You Can Sing Along at the Taylor Swift Eras Concert Film. Plus, my comments are featured throughout a new article in Architectural Digest: Inside the Homes Where Passionate Fandoms Come to Life, and on Taylor Swift fandom in French newspaper 20 Minutes: But why are there so many conspiracy theories about Taylor Swift?
Most recently I have been analysing Chappel Roan's engagement with fans, in CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/24/entertainment/chappell-roan-invasive-fans-parasocial-relationships-cec/index.html
My analysis on music fan behaviour and etiquette at live music concerts has been featured in a range of international articles: BBC World News 'Adele speaks out against audiences throwing objects on stage' BBC News: Lil Nas X: Why are fans throwing things on stage?, The Washington Post: 'Why fans are slapping singers and throwing ashes on stage in 2023', The Guardian: Bad behaviour at concerts is becoming normalised, experts say, Correio Braziliense, l'édition du soir par Ouest-France, New Zealand Herald: 'Zeitgeist: Please stop throwing stuff at people', The Washington Informer: Music Artists Battle Risky Trend of Object-Throwing at Concerts, United News of Bangladesh: Why are fans throwing objects at favourite musicians on stage? Adele speaks out, and BFMTV France. I was interviewed on BBC Radio One Newsbeat, BBC Radio Jersey, and NBC National TV News on the topic. My views were also summarised on BBC Radio Two. I also was asked to take part in a Vote for Schools debate on the topic, where over 20,000 UK schoolchildren voted on live music events and rules, and I responded to them in a video.
I worked with Welsh cultural and music platform AM on research on thier audiences, as well as with PYST, a leading music label promoter and music distributor in Wales. In addition I am undertaking research on musicians and digital transformation in the creative economy, Welsh language music and the Welsh music scene and undertaking an analysis of music and fan culture on TikTok.
I also am involved in music journalism, conducting interviews with bands and musicians, for online music publication God is in the TV.
Contact Details
+44 29225 10789
Two Central Square, Room Room, Central Square, Cardiff, CF10 1FS
Research themes
Specialisms
- Music
- Fans
- Music fandom
