TY - BOOK AU - Reinhard,CarrieLynn D. TI - Fractured Fandoms: Contentious Communication in Fan Communities T2 - Communication Perspectives in Popular Culture Series SN - 9781498552578 AV - HM646 .R456 2018 U1 - 306.487 PY - 2018/// CY - Blue Ridge Summit PB - Lexington Books/Fortress Academic KW - Fans (Persons)-Psychology KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5834884 ER -