Essays on Fandom

Nowadays we live in the era of high developed technologies. Different types of technologies penetrated in every sphere of our lives. Moreover, we cannot imagine our life without it. “Most of the civilized world wouldn’t know what to do with themselves without technology” ( Technology information, 2008). New developments in technologies have completely changed the ways people live and work. Many researchers call the modern times as the Information Age, Digital Age or New Media Age. All these definitions underline the importance of technologies and information for the modern society all over the world. In this essay I would ...

In the article, "Why Game of Thrones is taking over the world," writer Charlotte Runcie considers the popularity of the HBO television series noting that it is one of most popular shows of all time and is broadcast in roughly 170 countries. The series, which is based on a series of books by George R R Martin, is packed abundantly with everything from poisonous murders to beheadings, fights and dragons. The appeal is intricate and intense among fans. The show is recognized as exploring the topic of power, weaving in the comic and harsh realities of what is means ...

In Shonda Rhymes’ “Scandal”, the appeal of the film comes from the opportunity it offers to the viewers to get closer to the close world of American politics, and into the White House. By making the President of the United States humane and likable, the filmmaker ensured that the audiences would find the show fascinating and intriguing. In the last episode of the show’s 2nd season, namely episode 22: “Who’s Your Daddy”, Olivia Pope and her team manages to hide the issues of the election fraud and to reestablish the authenticity of the show comes from its ...

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The article “Get a life” by Jenkins talks about two major issues that artist go through in their lives with their fans who see them through their live performances and also through reading. The fans who watch the plays performed by the artists do at times get addicted to the fantasy created through the plays. The addiction at times gets to a new level where the fans feel that they deserve to get emotionally attached to the artists as opposed to just remaining as passive fanatics (Lawrence and Jewett, 1977, p. 5-6). Apart from that, there are those fans ...

Human beings as fans of outside work is nothing new: although modern society has the technology that allows large groups of these fans to gather, there is no doubt that fandom has been around a very long time. In fact, in Don Quixote—a novel written in two separately-published parts—the author had to write in a character who was initially created by a fan of the first part of the novel (Harris and Alexander 1998). This fan-made character then denounced his claim to being the true Don Quixote, and the novel meanders on—however, this is just one ...

People tend to come together forming groups and societies that are linked by a common interest. The groups and societies are normally oriented towards achieving similar goals and objectives. They can then be classified as a discourse community. According to John Swales, a professor of linguistics at the Michigan corpus academy of spoken English at the University of Michigan, a discourse community can be referred to as the continuously increasing assumption that there exists a discourse operating within conventions that are defined by communities or social groups (Swales 217). He classifies the characteristics of a real discourse community into ...