Henry Jenkins - fandom
The following tasks will give you an excellent introduction to fandom and also allow you to start exploring degree-level insight into audience studies. Work through the following: Factsheet #107 - Fandom Read Media Factsheet #107 on Fandom . Use our Media Factsheet archive on the M: drive Media Shared (M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets) or log into your Greenford Google account to access the link. Read the whole of Factsheet and answer the following questions: 1) What is the definition of a fan? A person with an extreme and uncritical enthusiasm or zeal. 2) What the different types of fan identified in the factsheet? Hardcore/True Fan: They take pride in how long they have been a fan Newbie: New fans of any given text and do not have the longevity of devotion or depth of knowledge Anti-fan: Are those which identify themselves with media texts but negatively so; they loathe or hate the text but unlike ‘true’ fans they do not form their relationship with a text through close readings