Harry Potter, or the political philosophers’ stone? Popular culture and political activism Cover Image

Harry Potter, avagy a politikai bölcsek köve? Populáris kultúra és politikai aktivizmus
Harry Potter, or the political philosophers’ stone? Popular culture and political activism

Author(s): Tibor Dessewffy, Mikes Mezei, Natália Naszályi
Subject(s): History and theory of political science
Published by: MTA Politikai Tudományi Intézete
Keywords: political values; fans; popular culture; Facebook; digital data

Summary/Abstract: In our study, we briefly review the literature on mass media effects and the fandom universe. We examine the differences in the values of Harry Potter fans with multiple techniques: online questionnaires and with data from their Facebook activity. We showed a positive connection between socio-political ideological values, a high level of public interest and the degree of Harry Potter fandom-affinity through our analysis

  • Issue Year: XXVII/2018
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 105-130
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Hungarian