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Publication Date
2025-5
First Advisor
Şebnem Baran
Second Advisor
Jennifer Malkowski
Document Type
Honors Project
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Film and Media Studies
Keywords
Reality TV, television studies, fan studies, Survivor, RuPaul’s Drag Race, editing, production, transmedia engagement, Reddit, edgic, fan-vidding, YouTube, editors, platforms, anti-fandom, drag, superfans, theory of taste, fan-tagonism, disillusionment, paratexts, television host, audience participation, title sequence, casting, reality format
Rights
©2025 Kirby Wilson. Access limited to the Smith College community and other researchers while on campus. Smith College community members also may access from off-campus using a Smith College log-in. Other off-campus researchers may request a copy through Interlibrary Loan for personal use.
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Wilson, Kirby, "Blame It On The Edit: Examining Discussions of the Edit and Production Interference in the Survivor and RuPaul’s Drag Race Fandoms" (2025). Honors Project, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/theses/2790
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Comments
204 pages : color illustrations. Includes bibliographical references.