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The modern reception of popular media is being infused with new and contradictory definitions of ... more The modern reception of popular media is being infused with new and contradictory definitions of authorship that are characterized by online activism, fan-communities and their developing forms of self-expression. Canon Fodder is a theoretical approach to the power struggle between fandom and media producers in the face of contemporary realities of the online age and the media conglomerates who inform both audience and creator. The debate of creative ownership over texts is continued via online producer‐consumer conflicts and real-world legal controversies.
This study largely acts as a response to Henry Jenkin’s formative work Textual Poachers, complicating his utopian notions of fandom-as-rebellion. Canon Fodder updates fandom by showing them to be multi-faceted communities rife with constant contradictions. Through an understanding of the ‘fannish’ dialect, it is noted how academic terms such as ‘auteur’ and ‘canon’ are colloquialised and altered in fandom settings to accommodate the various values of that circle, whether divisionary or inclusionary. The interconnected nature of forums, social media and fan-sites have generated new types of reader bridging the gap between users and producer. The essay also questions the community nature of fandom, declaring them an ‘anti-community’ and how that disruptive ‘rogue reading’ negatively reaches media institutions. The divide between fandom in-fighting is identified as a political one as opposed to a purely commercial or gendered one.
Splitting and showcasing recent developments in exclusionary and inclusionary circles, revealing fandom as a community ultimately dependent on conflict. Conflicts in the new interconnected online platform that ventures into fields such as copyright legislation, identity politics and the role of fan-activities in the sociological study of ‘participatory culture’. This in-fighting also holds consequences for the studio that encourage such acts of devout community-led fandom. Research delves into multiple reflective case studies- examples that define, reinforce or change our understanding of a ‘social author’ (a broad definition of creator or distributor that is able to shape cultural memory). By focusing on non-traditional authors and auteurs, this research aims to explore the extents to which the ‘author’ title can be applied and the cultural ramifications for such changes in popular media consumption.
The modern reception of popular media is being infused with new and contradictory definitions of ... more The modern reception of popular media is being infused with new and contradictory definitions of authorship that are characterized by online activism, fan-communities and their developing forms of self-expression. Canon Fodder is a theoretical approach to the power struggle between fandom and media producers in the face of contemporary realities of the online age and the media conglomerates who inform both audience and creator. The debate of creative ownership over texts is continued via online producer‐consumer conflicts and real-world legal controversies.
This study largely acts as a response to Henry Jenkin’s formative work Textual Poachers, complicating his utopian notions of fandom-as-rebellion. Canon Fodder updates fandom by showing them to be multi-faceted communities rife with constant contradictions. Through an understanding of the ‘fannish’ dialect, it is noted how academic terms such as ‘auteur’ and ‘canon’ are colloquialised and altered in fandom settings to accommodate the various values of that circle, whether divisionary or inclusionary. The interconnected nature of forums, social media and fan-sites have generated new types of reader bridging the gap between users and producer. The essay also questions the community nature of fandom, declaring them an ‘anti-community’ and how that disruptive ‘rogue reading’ negatively reaches media institutions. The divide between fandom in-fighting is identified as a political one as opposed to a purely commercial or gendered one.
Splitting and showcasing recent developments in exclusionary and inclusionary circles, revealing fandom as a community ultimately dependent on conflict. Conflicts in the new interconnected online platform that ventures into fields such as copyright legislation, identity politics and the role of fan-activities in the sociological study of ‘participatory culture’. This in-fighting also holds consequences for the studio that encourage such acts of devout community-led fandom. Research delves into multiple reflective case studies- examples that define, reinforce or change our understanding of a ‘social author’ (a broad definition of creator or distributor that is able to shape cultural memory). By focusing on non-traditional authors and auteurs, this research aims to explore the extents to which the ‘author’ title can be applied and the cultural ramifications for such changes in popular media consumption.