Screen LibraryFractured fandoms : contentious communication in fan communities /
"This book explores the communication issues and power dynamics in fandoms and fan communities to understand the problems fans experience when they interact with one another. It uses fractured fandoms as the case study to consider how these problems relate to all areas of people's lives&qu...
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Lexington Books,
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| Publisher Address: | Lanham, MD : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Communication perspectives in popular culture
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| Summary: |
"This book explores the communication issues and power dynamics in fandoms and fan communities to understand the problems fans experience when they interact with one another. It uses fractured fandoms as the case study to consider how these problems relate to all areas of people's lives"-- |
| Carrier Form: | ix, 237 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-229) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781498552561 1498552560 |
| Index Number: | HM646 |
| CLC: | C912.68 |
| Call Number: | C912.68/R369 |
| Contents: | The dark side of fandom -- Communication, power, and fractured fandoms -- Identity, situationality, and the fractures -- Harassments arising from fractured fandoms -- The negative impacts of fractured fandoms -- The positives emerging from fractures -- Resolving fractured fandoms -- Beyond fractured fandoms. |