Fandom, public, commons

Authors

  • Mel Stanfill University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2013.0530

Keywords:

Fan community, Fan fiction, Fan vid

Abstract

Fans, by creating for a public, also create a public: in producing for a community, they create one. Kindle Worlds and other attempts to monetize fan labor are problematic because the producer is attempting to invent a new mode at the expense of such fannish traditions.

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Published

2013-09-15

Issue

Vol. 14 (2013)

Section

Symposium

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