Open AccessFandom.com and fan-made histories
Author(s) -
Andre Magpantay
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
transformative works and cultures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1941-2258
DOI - 10.3983/twc.2022.2121
Subject(s) - fandom , sociology , media studies , resource (disambiguation) , art , advertising , computer science , business , computer network
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.