VidCon Anaheim

As a fanthropologist, Meredith Levine helps media companies understand and create better strategies for building and sustaining fans and fandoms, especially as it pertains to the competition in the attention and creator economies. She has worked with companies like Disney, Viacom, Theorist Media, LEGO, Supercell, as well as countless independent creators, like Jesser, Justin Flom, Cinema Therapy, SidneyRaz, EatItKatie. In 2018, she founded her consultancy, Random Machine.Levine has her MA in critical media studies from UCLA and her BA in communication and culture from Indiana University.

Creator Track

Building and Maintaining Fandom Whatever Your Size (Mentorship Series)

Duration: 1 hour

Location: Room 209A (Mentorship)

Thursday, June 19

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Featuring: Meredith Levine

VidCon Creator Track mentorship sessions are smaller, more intimate gatherings capped at 19 attendees. These sessions offer a closed-door, roundtable format with an industry professional, giving creator attendees a chance to ask specific questions and engage in open discussions that aren’t possible in larger panel or workshop settings.

Participants

Meredith Levine

Fanthropologist

Random Machine

Industry Track

Dearly Departed: Lessons from Defunct Platforms

Duration: 45 minutes

Location: 303 AB

Friday, June 20

10:15 am - 11:00 am

Featuring: Meredith Levine (Fanthropologist at Random Machine), Sidney Raskind (Content Creator at Nokind Media INC.)

Those who don't learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. Part tongue-in-cheek memorial and part serious history lesson, this session examines defunct platforms and older media so today’s content creators and media strategists can build an informed tomorrow. What can we learn from Vine, AIM, Quibi, and even the early days of network television? Come find out!

Participants

Meredith Levine

Fanthropologist

Random Machine

Sidney Raskind

Content Creator

Nokind Media INC.