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English
Etymology
media + fan
Pronunciation
Noun
mediafan (plural mediafans or mediafen)
- (fandom slang, sometimes derogatory) A science fiction fan primarily interested in film and/or television.
1998 June 9, Grant Watson, “Re: Godzilla - What a Turkey”, in aus.sf (Usenet), message-ID <[email protected]>:Your post is looking suspiciously like one of those litfan vs mediafan debates that are so incredibly stupid and pathetic and do nothing more than irritate people.
2000 August 24, Matt G. Leger, “Re: TV science fiction ”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <B5CA7EDE.A18D%[email protected]>:And I do know the difference between actors and the characters they play, unlike the usual mediafan stereotype (see GALAXY QUEST among many others).
2006 April 5, Lloyd Penney, “ChatBack”, in Vegas Fandom Weekly, volume 2, number 17 (whole number #71), page 20:I've never been starstruck by some of the actors I've met over the years, unlike so many local mediafen who fawn and grovel.
2014 January, Neil Williams, “Letters of Comment”, in Space Cadet, volume 12, number 1 (whole number #25), page 7:Point is we weren't a pack of "mediafen barbarians", we were real, live, young litfans (and hardly any of us read any fantasy, were SF fans); but we were from the burbs and we were unfannish.
Usage notes
Where a person is specified as a mediafan it is often in opposition to being a litfan (fan of written science fiction) within science fiction fandom.