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Mechanisms for Interpretative Cooperation: Fan Theories in Virtual Communities [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 This work focuses on analyzing fan theories as interpretive processes shared by users of virtual reading communities. Within these spaces of participatory culture, a complex strategy of interactions among its members is encouraged to formulate conjectures about the text's intentions and negotiate its degree of relevance. We have based our research on a
García Roca, Anastasio +1 more
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Fan filmmaking and copyright in a global world: Warhammer 40,000 fan films and the case of Damnatus
Transformative Works and Cultures, 2010 The last decade has witnessed a proliferation, both online and off-line, of films produced by amateurs inspired by mainstream films, TV shows, and novels.
John Walliss
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Nothing but Net: When cultures collide
Transformative Works and Cultures, 2008 A brief overview of Web 2.0's convergence culture and its effects on fandom, including the beginnings of the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW).
Cathy Cupitt
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"The fanfiction reader: Folk tales for the digital age," by Francesca Coppa
Transformative Works and Cultures, 2018 Review of Francesca Coppa. The fanfiction reader: Folk tales for the digital age. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2017. Hardcover, $75.00 (304p) ISBN 978-0-472-07348-1; paper $29.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-472-05348-3; e-book $29.95.
Lorraine M. Dubuisson
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Acafan methodologies and giving back to the fan community
Transformative Works and Cultures, 2021 In fan studies, researchers are encouraged to share their research with the fan communities they study, with some even suggesting that such a practice can be a way to ethically give back to the community.
Katja Lee
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Transformative Works and Cultures, 2013 Fans, by creating for a public, also create a public: in producing for a community, they create one. Kindle Worlds and other attempts to monetize fan labor are problematic because the producer is attempting to invent a new mode at the expense of such ...
Mel Stanfill
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Revue Française des Sciences de l’Information et de la Communication, 2017 This article propose to observe some transmedia creations about Star Wars stories, using two video games : The Force Unleashed (LucasArts, 2008) and Knight of the Old Republic (BioWare, 2003) with their main protagonists (Starkiller and Revan).
Julien Lalu, Matthieu Weisser
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Better Badges: Image as virus [symposium]
Transformative Works and Cultures, 2014 A brief personal history of the premier maker of punk badges, 1976–82.
Joly MacFie
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Lesbian Fandom Remakes the Boy Band
Transformative Works and Cultures, 2020 Lesbians and other queer women are typically absent from theorizations of boy band fandom even though boy bands often have sizable lesbian fan bases. Lesbian fandom of the British–Irish boy band One Direction congregated primarily on Tumblr; this fandom ...
Jessica Pruett
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Chuck versus the ratings: Savvy fans and "save our show" campaigns
Transformative Works and Cultures, 2014 Fans rarely have the opportunity to affect the production of their favorite television shows, but sometimes they can save them. "Save our show" campaigns provide an example of fan labor that can influence the decision to renew or cancel a show.
Christina Savage
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