Abstract:Despite the boyband’s years-long hiatus, fans of One Direction (1D) continued actively engaging in fan activities. An online survey, which gathered 2,831 total responses, sought to explore fans’ motivations for participating in early 2020, more than four years after the hiatus began. The top four activities fans had recently spent the most time participating in were the following: listening to 1D music, supporting members’ solo careers, reading 1D fan fiction, and rewatching videos of/about 1D. Across activiti… Show more
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