Henry Jenkins - fandom
Factsheet #107 - Fandom Read Media Factsheet #107 on Fandom . Use our Media Factsheet archive on the M: drive Media Shared (M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets) or log into your Greenford Google account to access the link. Read the whole of Factsheet and answer the following questions: 1) What is the definition of a fan? Fans do more than just like or even love a particular media text, ‘true fans’ have a devotion that goes beyond simply consuming media texts, and is, as Matt Hills argues, part of a person’s identity in much the same way as gender, class and age define who we are. 2) What the different types of fan identified in the factsheet? hardcore fan newbie anti-fan 3) What makes a ‘fandom’? It is a passion for something that brings groups of people together who all share the same passion. 4) What is Bordieu’s argument regarding the ‘cultural capital’ of fandom? Th cultural capitol gives a fan a sense of symbolic power amongst other fans in the fandom. Any merch...
