CSU Communication Professors Co-Author Research Exploring AMC’s Mad Men

May 14, 2015

Danna Gibson, professor and chair of CSU’s Department of Communication, and Chris McCollough, assistant professor of communication, co-authored an edited volume of communication research focusing on the television series Mad Men.

Gibson's and McCollough's chapter, co-authored with Marci Hayes and Myleea Hill from Arkansas State and Lynne Webb of Florida International University, explores fandom through the cultural development and interaction of online fan communities on a dozen popular fan discussion boards and blogging sites that were prominent during Mad Men's 8-year run on AMC.

The collection of research, a book titled “Lucky Strikes and a Three Martini Lunch,” is available online from Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

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