Fractured Fandoms: Contentious Communication In Fan Communities (Communication Perspectives In Popular Culture Series (PDF))
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- Synopsis
- Being a fan helps people to discover their identities, find friends, develop a sense of belonging, express themselves creatively, and act as powerful creators and participants in a capitalistic system. At times, however, being a fan becomes problematic, especially when clashes with other fans occur both inside and outside of their fandoms and fan communities. As their communication becomes contentious, power imbalances destabilize collectives and fans experience fear, sadness, pain, and harassment. Such problematic situations can become "fractured fandoms." Fractured Fandoms: Contentious Communication in Fan Communities observes the problems or fractures that occur within and between fandoms as fans and fan communities experience differences in interpretation, opinion, expectation, and behavior regarding the object at the center of their fandom. The book demonstrates the fractures through an examination of self-interviews, collected news stories, and previous research regarding these problems, ultimately providing an assessment of the causes and effects of such fractures and the larger social and cultural issues they reflect.
- Copyright:
- 2018
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- ISBN-13:
- 9781498552561
- Publisher:
- Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
- Date of Addition:
- 08/21/18
- Copyrighted By:
- The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Psychology, Social Studies
- Submitted By:
- Rachel Twombly
- Proofread By:
- Rachel Twombly
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.