Open AccessOn symposia: LiveJournal and the shape of fannish discourse
Author(s) -
Rebecca Lucy Busker
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
transformative works and cultures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1941-2258
DOI - 10.3983/twc.2008.0049
Subject(s) - fandom , decentralization , sociology , advertising , media studies , political science , business , law
Fandom has changed dramatically as the primary medium for fan discussion has shifted from mailing lists to LiveJournal. Decentralization and spaces focussed on individuals rather than topics have created changes such as a stronger knowledge in peripheral knowledge of fandoms, and an increase in multifandom and metafandom discussion