Digital Fandom 2.0 - New Media Studies

In this completely revised and updated version of Digital Fandom, Paul Booth extends his analysis of fandom in the digital environment. With new chapters that focus on the economics of crowdfunding, the playfulness of Tumblr, and the hybridity of the fan experience, alongside revised chapters that explore blogs, wikis, and social networking sites, Digital Fandom 2.0 continues to develop the «philosophy of playfulness» of the contemporary fan. Booth's analysis reveals the many facets of the digital fan experience, including hybrid fandom, demediation, and the digi-gratis economy. With a foreword from noted fan scholar Matt Hills, Booth's new Digital Fandom 2.0 shows the power of the fan in the digital age.

About the author

Paul Booth (PhD., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) is an Associate Professor of Communication at DePaul University. He is the author of Game Play (2015), Playing Fans (2015), and Time on TV (2012), and the editor of Fan Phenomena: Doctor Who (2013), and co-editor of Controversies in Digital Ethics (2016, with Amber Davisson) and Seeing Fans (2016, with Lucy Bennett).

Summary

With new chapters that focus on the economics of crowdfunding, the playfulness of Tumblr, and the hybridity of the fan experience, alongside revised chapters that explore blogs, wikis, and social networking sites, Digital Fandom 2.0 continues to develop the «philosophy of playfulness» of the contemporary fan.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Booth, Booth Paul
• Assisted by: Steve Jones (Editor), Steve Jones (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9781433131509
• ISBN: 978-1-4331-3150-9
• No. of pages: 284
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 16 mm x 225 mm
• Weight: 440 g
• Series: Digital Formations; Digital Formations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Miscellaneous; digital, Social Media, Fan, Media, Technology, Media Studies, Popular Culture, Paul, Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Telecommunications, ART / Business Aspects, JONES, Films, cinema, Fandom, Steve, Communication Studies, New Media, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Information technology: general topics, Internet guides and online services, Computer networking and communications, Booth, Cult Television