Dr Bethan Jones

(she/her)

Overview

I was awarded my PhD by Published Works from Cardiff University in 2021. Titled Fandom Is Beautiful (Except When it Isn’t): Hate, Dislike and Toxicity Online the PhD collected a range of articles and chapters I had published on anti-fandom and toxic fandom in the previous decade and explores television, music and fan conventions.

I subsequently began worked for the University of York as a Postdoctoral Research Associate on the Screen Industries Growth Network, undertaking research into skills and training in the UK screen industries as well as screen tourim. My first book: The Truth Is Still Out There: Thirty Years of The X-Files was published in 2023 and I have co-edited two collections on crowdfunding and the culture wars. I am currently a Research Associate on the Synthetic Pasts project as well as an honorary research fellow at Amgueddfa Cymru.

My research interests include (anti)fandom, participatory culture, screen tourism and true crime fandom. I am co-editor for the journal Popular Communication: The International Journal of Media and Culture and board member on the Fan Studies Network.