Instructions: Please rate your degree of agreement with the following items.
1. I know more about [insert interest] than most fans.
Strongly Disagree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Strongly Agree
2. I know more about [insert interest] than most other people.
Strongly Disagree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Strongly Agree
3. My opinion regarding [insert interest] is usually correct.
Strongly Disagree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Strongly Agree
4. I am often certain I am right when discussing [insert interest].
Strongly Disagree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Strongly Agree
5. I am annoyed when someone asks me simple questions about [insert interest].
Strongly Disagree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Strongly Agree
6. I don’t take the opinions of most [insert fans of interest] seriously.
Strongly Disagree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Strongly Agree
7. I avoid the new fans in most discussions of [insert interest].
Strongly Disagree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Strongly Agree
Scoring:
Self-Inflation: average of items 1, 2, 3, 4.
Other-Derogation: average of items 5, 6, 7.
Cite: Plante, C. N., Reysen, S., Chadborn, D., Roberts, S. E., & Gerbasi, K. C. (2020). ‘Get out of my fandom newbie’: A cross-fandom study of elitism and gatekeeping in fans. Journal of Fandom Studies, 8(2), 123-146. https://doi.org/10.1386/jfs_00013_1 [Link]
Purpose: The purpose of this measure is to assess fans’ degree of elitism.