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I am not, like, *heavily* invested in Good Omens, at least not in terms of shipping or plot, but it does have the symbolic potential to heal my trauma. I have been 3-baited for so, so long.
::rocks self-soothingly in Our Flag Means Death and Half-Life::
It's gonna be okay, the production is completed, there's a release date, there's marketing and promo coming out, it's gonna happen, nothing is going to go sideways...
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Media fandoms are one of the most representative cases of fandom studies. When looking at television programming, the discourse does not question whether television is a social genre, but in what way it is. Perhaps media fandoms were so visible because the social aspect was so strong or media fandoms developed as the initial social aspects weakened, more and more fandom practices were developed by viewing communities?
Television was initially a set of machines, capable of receiving the broadcast signal. As a practice at the same time, television viewing is something families, communities and groups with shared interests can do in the livingroom or on the street. This first phase bring people into the same physical space where they can discuss what they are viewing.
Later, these interest groups are expanded through the practice of copying and sharing videotapes. These tapes not only provide chance for the community to initiate new members but also, rewatch potential. Television communities might lose the temporal or spatial community at this point, but the shared reference frame continues to allow for discussion. Instead of the people connected by proximity watching the same program, now people watching the same program are connected by it.
Later changes to television will also bring changes to the practices of this community. That is to say, to be continued…
Jenkins, Henry. 1992. Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture. New York: Routledge.
Abbott, S. (2010). The Cult TV book: From Star Trek to Dexter, New Approaches to TV Outside the Box. Soft Skull Press.
--Szabo Dorottya
I'm frustrated and disappointed by the Mythic Quest finale edit as a fan of Mythic Quest, but as a fan of digital media, I also simply don't want episodes of my favorite shows to become episode10-v2-rev4-final-FINAL.mp4
I truly think that fanfiction is such a subversive form of literature because it works as a meta-text where authors respond to other stories, while exploring queer narratives, alternate situations, traumas, and can be epic works of tragedy or romance. Fanfiction combines what society would call ‘high art,’ complete with a multitude of literary devices, including extended metaphor and symbolism, etc etc, with what’s considered ‘trashy’ and even beneath art itself...erotica, gory violence, even queer romance itself...
Do I think that in the future, there will be classes taught analyzing fic as an art form? Yes. Already the study of fandom has become a subsect of some type of academic discipline, existing at the crossroads of sociology, literature, film theory, queer studies, and more. Already there are college undergraduate courses that teach about fandom--though they explore fandom through meta-type academic texts, not fanfiction itself. And eventually, I think there will be fanfiction classes, whether we as fans want that or not (personally, I do).
I wonder if fanfiction will be recognized as a valid form of art and literature, and that both scares and fascinates me.
When Supernatural ended and the fandom decidedly sucked, a bunch of other fandoms decided to adopt Castiel as one of their own beloved characters.
The Hannibal community was no exception. Art by @zillabean:
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Wanted: fans who want to take part in a survey!
As part of my PhD project, I’m looking for fans of fictional media who live in the Netherlands or the US and who want to take part in a 15-min survey about fictional worlds, online fandom and everyday life.
You enter the survey by clicking here. Please take care to read the information provided first, so you know what the criteria for participating are and what to expect.
Also, it would be great if this survey reaches as many people as possible, so sharing is much, much appreciated! ❤️
I have something exciting (but not so excited for me because I'm already stressed) to share.
I have a class on Media Fandom and Digital Cultures and my final research paper is a case study on Hamilton: an American musical and its Fandom. In theory it's the perfect case study, in reality I'm procrastinating because I have no idea where to start 😂
But anyway, it's my favourite class in this whole master's degree and I now have found a new passion for an academic field. I never even thought about going into the field but now I'm intrigued about the endless research possibilities
