“"When a personal sense of accomplishment and their identity is super strongly tied to the successes and image of their idol and fandom, I found that these are the people that were more likely to engage in problematic or 'toxic' fandom activities," Tinaliga said.”

-The Diamondback (K-Pop), by Iris Vukmanovic.

“Brittany Tinaliga's essay examines the appeal of historical Korean dramas among non-Korean Asians and non-Asians in the US and in turn what this implied for Korean production companies.”

-USFCA Asia Pacific Studies: Research (Student Work)

“We want to extend our congratulations to Brittany as she was awarded "the best paper” in the Korea category with her paper surrounding the appeal of Korean historical dramas among American viewers. Her award was not only a great achievement for herself but also for our group; it served as a good reminder of what your research can accomplish through the MAPS program!”

-USFCA News, by Giang & Tinaliga.

“While Kpop groups have always been in fierce competition and fandoms have always clashed even in the pre-social media era, fandom culture in the social media era paints a grimmer picture. Some Kpop fans have adopted “toxic” practices where they not only support their idols but also attack and demean those they dislike.“

-Medium (Media & Ent.), by Quynh (Stephanie) Bui.

“Furthermore, fans’ self refection and control over their roles and values have also led to the development of policing structures within fandom to ensure that they “actively and positively contribute to the [...] community” [79].…Efforts to control values and behavior, however, can sometimes lead to community policing to quell perceived unacceptable behavior [79].”

-CHI '21: Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, by Park, Kaneshiro, et al.

“The frenzied behaviour of Beyoncé’s fans, .. along with Lady Gaga’s Little Monsters changed fan-celebrity relationships. It marked a neoliberal turn towards intense inter-fandom competition and worship that helped lay the foundation for today’s pop fan culture. “

-The National Interest, by Sarah Olutola.

“Accordingly, fan studies have become an important topic for academia in not only the media and communication field. Scholars from various academic disciplines have been interested in fan studies range from Economics, Arts, Psychology, as well as Anthropology and Sociology (Tinaliga, 2018).”

-Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, by Jenol & Pazil.

“..if we’re talking CDA... it’s only fair to include WHO actually benefits from all these fandom activity. HOW KPop industry and company milk money from fans.. All these if could be included in the study would make it even richer..”

-Twitter, by @xxjjjwwoo.

“The research titled “At War for OPPA and Identity”: Competitive Performativity among Korean-Pop Fandoms, conducted by Brittany Tinaliga in 2018, might be a shortcut to an overall understanding of the situation surrounding the K-Pop culture.”

-Facebook, by Kpop Fandoms - A viral sensation.

-YouTube, by Luiza Akemi.

-Twitter, by @CharlotteRock.