Fandom and Participatory Media - AIC2318

Assessment 1: Written plan

Formative feedback will be integrated into seminar tasks focusing on auto-ethnographic exercises. Essay planning for Assessment 1 will be discussed in seminars and additional seminar tasks will build up to and support this summative assessment point.

Written plan

Assessment 2: Project Work

Assessment 2 is the creation of a transformative fan work, in a medium of the student’s choice. This could be a single larger piece of work or several smaller ones and should be equivalent to 1,000 words. Indicative examples could include a fan video, fan art, a piece of written fan faction, DIY merchandise or a set of GIFs. In addition, students must submit an accompanying 1,500 word report applying and evaluating relevant theories and concepts of fandom and participatory media to the fan work produced.

Project work

Assessment 1: Written Assignment

Assessment 1 is an essay on participatory media and fan practices.

Written Assignment

This module focuses on the study of fandoms and participatory media with an emphasis on areas including film, television, music, sport, politics and consumer culture. It introduces you to key concepts such as textual poaching, collective intelligence and spreadable media, as well as setting out key debates which have framed participatory media including the role of cultural industries, the commercial exploitation of participants and hierarchies of participation. The module allows you to consider the history of participatory media as well as its textuality and economic basis. The module furthermore examines motivations and practices behind forms of participation including enthusiasm and fandom, introducing you to tools and concepts through which you will analyse your own fan motivations and experiences.

School of Arts and Humanities

Indicative readings:
Booth, P. (2017). Digital Fandom 2.0: New Media Studies. Peter Lang.
Burgess, J. &amp; Green, J. (2018). YouTube: Online Video and Participatory Culture. Polity.
Gray, J., Sandvoss, C. &amp; Harrington, C. (2017). Fandom: identities and communities in a mediated world. New York University Press.
Hills, M. (2002). Fan Cultures. Routledge.
Jenkins, H. (2006). Convergence Culture. New York University Press.

Container 1

Media, Journalism and Film

AIC2318 - Fandom and Participatory Media

Fandom and Participatory Media

analyse the history and development of participatory media and culture.

apply relevant theories of fandom in the creation of transformative or critical fan work

evaluate the interplay of structure and agency in participatory culture and among fan audiences and be able to examine the interplay between effective user engagement and industry, technology and culture.

demonstrate command of appropriate critical terminology and bibliographic skills appropriate to the discipline.

appraise concepts and theories of participatory media and culture.