Fandom.com and fan-made histories

Authors

  • Andre Magpantay University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2022.2121

Keywords:

Documentation, Fan communities, Popular culture, Wiki

Abstract

Fans painstakingly document canonical texts on informational wiki-based websites such as Fandom.com, creating a widely accessible resource for fictional universes that fans can reference. Analysis of these strategies as they build sites indicates that they act as historians as they document aspects of their fandom's canon.

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Published

2022-03-13

Issue

Vol. 37 (2022): Fandom Histories

Section

Symposium

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Copyright (c) 2022 Andre Magpantay

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