Videogames: Henry Jenkins fandom blog tasks
Factsheet #107 - Fandom Read Media Factsheet #107 on Fandom . 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, true fan and anti-fan. 3) What makes a ‘fandom’? This secret just happens to be shared with millions of others.’ Fandoms are subcultures within which fans experience and share a sense of camaraderie with each other and engage in particular practices within their given fandom. 4) What is Bordieu’s argument regarding the ‘cultural capital’ of fandom? They take pride in how long they have been a fan and also the quantity and quality of the knowledge they have amassed whilst being a fan - the currency. 5) What examples of fando...