09 May, 2011

Jenkins and Fans

Meet the man who stole my post-it notes. 


That's right, the Cat in the Hat reading Henry Jenkins - one of the most fascinating minds when it comes to discussing all things sports and fandom - has single-handedly robbed me of my much-favoured Post It notes collection.


How is it so? I hear you ask. 


Well, it's quite simple really. Jenkins is one of those writers, who write eloquently on the ethnography of television fan communities and participatory culture.






In his book, Textual Poachers, Jenkins identifies at least five distinct (and often interconnected) dimensions of this culture and its:
  1. relationship to a particular mode of reception
  2. role in encouraging viewer activism
  3. function as an interpretive community
  4. particular traditions of cultural production
  5. status as an alternative social community

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