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Fractured Fandoms: Contentious Communication in Fan Communities (Communication Perspectives in Popular Culture)

CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

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Description: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 as clashes with other fans occur, both inside and outside of their 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. It 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Fractured Fandoms: Contentious Communication in Fan Communities (Communication Perspectives in Popular Culture). To get started finding Fractured Fandoms: Contentious Communication in Fan Communities (Communication Perspectives in Popular Culture), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: 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 as clashes with other fans occur, both inside and outside of their 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. It 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Fractured Fandoms: Contentious Communication in Fan Communities (Communication Perspectives in Popular Culture). To get started finding Fractured Fandoms: Contentious Communication in Fan Communities (Communication Perspectives in Popular Culture), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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