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Fractured Fandoms : Contentious Communication in Fan Communities.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Communication Perspectives in Popular Culture SeriesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (249 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498552578
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Fractured FandomsDDC classification:
  • 306.487
LOC classification:
  • HM646 .R456 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Dark Side of Fandom -- 2 Communication, Power, and Fractured Fandoms -- 3 Identity, Situationality, and the Fractures -- 4 Harassments Arising from Fractured Fandoms -- 5 The Negative Impacts of Fractured Fandoms -- 6 The Positives Emerging from Fractures -- 7 Resolving Fractured Fandoms -- 8 Beyond Fractured Fandoms -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
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.
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Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Dark Side of Fandom -- 2 Communication, Power, and Fractured Fandoms -- 3 Identity, Situationality, and the Fractures -- 4 Harassments Arising from Fractured Fandoms -- 5 The Negative Impacts of Fractured Fandoms -- 6 The Positives Emerging from Fractures -- 7 Resolving Fractured Fandoms -- 8 Beyond Fractured Fandoms -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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