20. Fandom
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Monika Bednarek
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the linguistic practices of fans and other media consumers as evident in their contributions on social media platforms. The digital environment has had significant impact on such practices, as summarized by Jenkins (2006a: 141-142): “It has increased the speed with which fans can communicate with each other and the development of new fan communities. It has allowed fans to access a much wider range of perspectives online and to practice more effective activism. The international reach of the internet has made the community larger and transnational. It has moved fandom towards the mainstream.” Nevertheless, fandom - and audience engagement more generally - has mainly been considered in non-linguistic disciplines, with only a few exceptions. This chapter discusses relevant linguistic practices through which audience members respond to narrative mass media texts on social media platforms. It does so with reference to fictional TV series and focuses primarily on the linguistic studies that have been undertaken in this field so far.
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the linguistic practices of fans and other media consumers as evident in their contributions on social media platforms. The digital environment has had significant impact on such practices, as summarized by Jenkins (2006a: 141-142): “It has increased the speed with which fans can communicate with each other and the development of new fan communities. It has allowed fans to access a much wider range of perspectives online and to practice more effective activism. The international reach of the internet has made the community larger and transnational. It has moved fandom towards the mainstream.” Nevertheless, fandom - and audience engagement more generally - has mainly been considered in non-linguistic disciplines, with only a few exceptions. This chapter discusses relevant linguistic practices through which audience members respond to narrative mass media texts on social media platforms. It does so with reference to fictional TV series and focuses primarily on the linguistic studies that have been undertaken in this field so far.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Table of contents xi
- 1. Log in: Introducing the pragmatics of social media 1
- 2. Participation as user involvement 31
- 3. Participation as audience design 61
- 4. Publicness and privateness 83
- 5. Message boards 125
- 6. Blogs 151
- 7. YouTube 173
- 8. Twitter 201
- 9. Social Network Sites/Facebook 225
- 10. Discourse and organization 245
- 11. Discourse and topic 275
- 12. Discourse and cohesion 317
- 13. Discourse and cognition 345
- 14. Discourse and ideology 381
- 15. Facework and identity 407
- 16. Evaluation 435
- 17. Politeness and impoliteness 459
- 18. Flaming and trolling 493
- 19. Narration 523
- 20. Fandom 545
- 21. Getting “liked” 575
- 22. Conflictual and consensual disagreement 607
- 23. Compliments and compliment responses 633
- 24. Requesting and advice-giving 661
- About the authors 691
- Name index 699
- Subject index 721
- Preface to the handbook series v
- Acknowledgements ix
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Table of contents xi
- 1. Log in: Introducing the pragmatics of social media 1
- 2. Participation as user involvement 31
- 3. Participation as audience design 61
- 4. Publicness and privateness 83
- 5. Message boards 125
- 6. Blogs 151
- 7. YouTube 173
- 8. Twitter 201
- 9. Social Network Sites/Facebook 225
- 10. Discourse and organization 245
- 11. Discourse and topic 275
- 12. Discourse and cohesion 317
- 13. Discourse and cognition 345
- 14. Discourse and ideology 381
- 15. Facework and identity 407
- 16. Evaluation 435
- 17. Politeness and impoliteness 459
- 18. Flaming and trolling 493
- 19. Narration 523
- 20. Fandom 545
- 21. Getting “liked” 575
- 22. Conflictual and consensual disagreement 607
- 23. Compliments and compliment responses 633
- 24. Requesting and advice-giving 661
- About the authors 691
- Name index 699
- Subject index 721
- Preface to the handbook series v
- Acknowledgements ix
