User:Tucklatta21/sandbox/fandom

AI will have impact on fandom. Newer digital media offers a promising array of content and platform options designed to attract and retain sports fans who remain, most sports fans are predominantly male, a highly desirable audience for advertisers. The increased use of cell phones over the years has taken social media to a new height in terms of usage and developed advertisement for Sports and fandom in general. Sports spectatorship is one of Americas favorite past times. In the past decade football fandom has undergone drastic changes due to the positive development with the football game Madden. Fans have embraced this positive development by digital media to provide fans with information updates, stores where team merchandise can be purchased, message boards and other interactive activities. Social Media also attracts new fans year after year. Football fandom has maintained positive progress due to social media's influence, providing people with highlights or big plays that could cause interest in a specific team. The players who play for these very popular sports teams can also use social media to respond to fans, post videos, and interact with posts just like everyone else. This is interaction between players and fans is normally positive. People who participate in fandom on any kind whether it be sports, different shows, or books these people normally have an emotional connection with these topics. Social Media has influenced this emotional connection by providing spaces where people can debate and have their own opinions represented to everyone. Another key part of fandom is celebrities, who have shaped people's point of views on products or people. Social Media also allows people to be fans of sports teams, artists or popular celebrities from other countries causing foreign music like K-Pop to take such a leap in terms of popularity. Social Media continues to come out with new platforms each one overlapping with the other in order to keep the interactivity.