Television, Social Media, and Fan Culture.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The New Network -- Chapter Two: Spoiler Alert -- Chapter Three: Rhetorical Strengths and Limitations of Interactivity for Activism in the Stewart and Colbert Universe -- Chapter Four: Fandom Communication in a Mediated Age -- Chapter Five: What Types of #SportFans Use Social Media? -- Chapter Six: The Online Community -- Chapter Seven: Game(s) of Fandom -- Chapter Eight: Be Original -- Chapter Nine: "The Parents Have the Dream, but the Children Are in the Nightmare" -- Chapter Ten: Zombie Fans, Second Screen, and Television Audiences -- Chapter Eleven: Memes, Tweets, and Props -- Chapter Twelve: So Are the Days of Our Tweets -- Chapter Thirteen: Army Wives Connect -- Chapter Fourteen: "Butter," Facebook, and Paula Deen -- Chapter Fifteen: Fans Can Be Journalists Too -- Chapter Sixteen: It's Bigger on the Inside -- Chapter Seventeen: Television Inspired Cosplay and Social Media -- Chapter Eighteen: Who Killed @TheLauraPalmer? -- Chapter Nineteen: Fifty Years of "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." -- Chapter Twenty: Managing Multiscreen -- Index -- About the Contributors.

Social media has brought about a revolution in fan culture, from fan uprisings to save programs to groups and pages dedicated to mourning lost programs and characters. This edited collection examines how fans use social media in regard to television programming, characters, narrative, and various types of interactions, as well as how television uses social media to engage fan cultures.

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