Videogames: Henry Jenkins - fandom and participatory culture
Henry Jenkins - fandom blog tasks The following tasks will give you an excellent introduction to fandom and also allow you to start exploring degree-level insight into audience studies. Work through the following: Factsheet #107 - Fandom Use our Media Factsheet archive on the M: drive Media Shared (M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets) to find Media Factsheet #107 on Fandom. Save it to USB or email it to yourself so you have access to the reading for homework. Read the whole of Factsheet and answer the following questions: 1) What is the definition of a fan? Fanatic- A person with an extreme and uncritical enthusiasm or zeal- shortened to fan 2) What are the different types of fan identified in the factsheet? Hardcore or true fan Newbie Anti-Fan 3) What makes a ‘fandom’? Fandoms are subcultures within which fans experience and share a sense of camaraderie with each other and engage in particular practices of their given fandom. Fandoms can be narrowly defined and can focus on some