Fractured fandoms : contentious communication in fan communities /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reinhard, CarrieLynn D. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]
Series:Communication perspectives in popular culture.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The dark side of fandom
  • Communication, power, and fractured fandoms
  • Identity, situationality, and the fractures
  • Harassments arising from fractured fandoms
  • The negative impacts of fractured fandoms
  • The positives emerging from fractures
  • Resolving fractured fandoms
  • Beyond fractured fandoms.