Paul Booth (media scholar)

Paul Booth
Occupation	University Professor
Employer	DePaul University
Title	Professor, Graduate Program Director
Academic background
Education	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Ph.D.) Northern Illinois University (M.A.) University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (B.A.)
Thesis	Fandom Studies: Fan studies Re-written, Re-read, Re-produced [1]

Paul Booth is an American media scholar and a professor of Digital Communication and Media Arts at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. ^[2] He serves on the editorial board of a number of journals, including Transformative Works and Cultures ^[3] and the Journal of Fandom Studies. ^[4] He also oversees the annual DePaul Pop Culture Conference. ^[5]

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), ^[6] before earning a master's degree in communication from Northern Illinois University and a Ph.D. in rhetoric and communication from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. ^[7] His dissertation was entitled Fandom Studies: Fan studies Re-written, Re-read, Re-produced (2009). ^[1]

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.

References

1. Booth, Paul. "Fandom Studies: Fan Studies Re-written, Re-read, Re-produced" . ProQuest Dissertations and Theses . ProQuest   304985867 . Retrieved August 6, 2023.
2. "Paul Booth". DePaul University . Retrieved January 14, 2019.
3. "Editorial Board". Transformative Works and Cultures . Retrieved January 14, 2019.
4. "Journal of Fandom Studies | Editorial & Advisory Boards". Intellect Ltd. Archived from the original on January 15, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
5. "DePaul Pop Culture Conference". 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
6. "Paul Booth (University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond)". The News-Gazette . Retrieved August 6, 2023.
7. "Interview with Paul Booth, Ph.D. - Graduate Director of the Digital Communication and Media Arts (DCMA) Program at DePaul University". Masters in Communication. Retrieved January 1, 2019.