Tune In, Log On : Soaps, Fandom, and Online Community.

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Tune In, Log Out is an ethnographic study of an Internet soap opera fan group. Bridging the fields of computer-mediated communication and audience studies, the book shows how verbal and non verbal communicative practices create collaborative interpretations and criticism, group humor, interpersonal...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Baym, Nancy K.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 1999.
Series:New media cultures.
Subjects:
Television soap operas > Social aspects > United States.
Television soap operas > Electronic discussion groups.
Téléromans > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Téléromans > Forums de discussion en ligne.
Television soap operas
Television soap operas > Social aspects
United States
Electronic discussion groups
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction
  • Three Tales of One Community; Chapter 1
  • The Soap Opera and its Audience: TV for the Less Intelligent?; Chapter 2
  • Interpreting and Comparing Perspectives in the Audience Community; Chapter 3
  • It's Only a Soap: Criticism, Creativity, and Solidarity; Chapter 4
  • "I Think of them as Friends": Interpersonal Relationships in the Online Community; Chapter 5
  • The Development of Individual Identity; Chapter 6
  • Futureflash: 5 Years Later; Conclusion
  • Tune in Tomorrow; Appendix A
  • Surveys; Appendix B
  • Genre Analysis.
  • Appendix C
  • Analysis of Agreements and DisagreementsReferences; Index; About the Author.

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