Paul Booth (media scholar) explained

Paul Booth is an American media scholar and a professor of Digital Communication and Media Arts at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois.^[1] He serves on the editorial board of a number of journals, including Transformative Works and Cultures^[2] and the Journal of Fandom Studies.^[3] He also oversees the annual DePaul Pop Culture Conference.^[4]

Early life and education

Booth earned a bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (where he performed in the improv comedy troupe Spicy Clamato),^[5] before earning a master's degree in communication from Northern Illinois University and a Ph.D. in rhetoric and communication from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.^[6] His dissertation was entitled Fandom Studies: Fan studies Re-written, Re-read, Re-produced (2009).^[7]

Books

Authored

• 2010. Digital Fandom: New Media Studies. New York City: Peter Lang.
• 2012. Time on TV: Temporal Displacement and Mashup Television. New York City: Peter Lang.
• 2015. Playing Fans: Negotiating Fandom and Media in the Digital Age. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press.
• 2015. Game Play: Paratextuality in Contemporary Board Games. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
• 2016. Digital Fandom 2.0: New Media Studies. New York City: Peter Lang.
• 2017. Crossing Fandoms: SuperWhoLock and the Contemporary Fan Audience. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
• 2018. Poaching Politics: Online Communication During the 2016 Presidential Election (with Amber Davisson, Aaron Hess, and Ashley Hinck). New York City: Peter Lang.
• 2020. Watching Doctor Who: Fan Reception and Evaluation (with Craig Owen Jones). London: Bloomsbury Academic.
• 2021. Board Games as Media. London: Bloomsbury Academic.

Edited

• 2013. Fan Phenomena: Doctor Who. Bristol, UK: Intellect Books.
• 2016. Controversies in Digital Ethics (edited with Amber Davisson). London: Bloomsbury Academic.
• 2016. Seeing Fans: Representations of Fandom in Media and Popular Culture (edited with Lucy Bennett). London: Bloomsbury Academic.
• 2018. Wiley Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies. Hoboken, NJ: Blackwell Publishing.
• 2021. A Fan Studies Primer (edited with Rebecca Williams). Iowa City: University of Iowa Press.
• 2023. Adventures Across Space and Time (edited with Matt Hills, Joy Piedmont, and Tansy Rayner Roberts). London: Bloomsbury Academic.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Paul Booth . . January 14, 2019.
2. Web site: Editorial Board . . January 14, 2019.
3. Web site: Journal of Fandom Studies Editorial & Advisory Boards . Intellect Ltd. . January 14, 2019.
4. Web site: DePaul Pop Culture Conference . April 8, 2021 . 2021.
5. News: Paul Booth (University of Illinois 150 Years & Beyond). The News-Gazette. en. August 6, 2023.
6. Web site: Interview with Paul Booth, Ph.D. - Graduate Director of the Digital Communication and Media Arts (DCMA) Program at DePaul University . Masters in Communication . January 1, 2019.
7. Web site: Booth . Paul . Fandom Studies: Fan Studies Re-written, Re-read, Re-produced . subscription . August 6, 2023 . ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. .