"mediafan" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1998 June 9, Grant Watson, “Re: Godzilla - What a Turkey”, in aus.sf (Usenet), message-ID <357d206b.15155455@news.iinet.net.au>:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2000 August 24, Matt G. Leger, “Re: TV science fiction [was Re: Beware of Slanted Fedora Cons!]”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <B5CA7EDE.A18D%mattleger@SPAMSUX.earthlink.net>:",
          "text": "And I do know the difference between actors and the characters they play, unlike the usual mediafan stereotype (see GALAXY QUEST among many others).",
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          "ref": "2006 April 5, Lloyd Penney, “ChatBack”, in Vegas Fandom Weekly, volume 2, number 17 (whole number #71), page 20:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2014 January, Neil Williams, “Letters of Comment”, in Space Cadet, volume 12, number 1 (whole number #25), page 7:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "(fandom slang, sometimes derogatory) A science fiction fan primarily interested in film and/or television."
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          "ref": "1998 June 9, Grant Watson, “Re: Godzilla - What a Turkey”, in aus.sf (Usenet), message-ID <357d206b.15155455@news.iinet.net.au>:",
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