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fandoms, and an active member in others. Truthfully, every fan will actively
fantasize, the lurkers online equally to the ever-elusive offline fan-alone-in-avacuum.
“Being a fan” in general, is not inherently bound to a community,
however “being an online fan” is.
Nonetheless, Henry Jenkins’ work is, in a way, a milestone for media
and fandom studies. Precisely by overemphasizing fandom’s productivity,
Jenkins has re-formulated a concept of fandom that expands beyond an image
of people fanatically obsessed with low-brow pop culture and underlined
aspects of community and productivity. It is only through such an effort that
fandom becomes acceptable as an object of study, and it is only through his
“outing” as a fan, that Jenkins can open the way for fan-scholars and scholarfans
to theorize across the two contexts.
The term “fandom,” however, may take on several additional
meanings, depending upon who uses it. For some, it is simply the name of the
thing they are fans of, for others it is that group of fans, friends or not, who
love that show or book. Some may associate the term “fandom” with fan
production, i.e. websites, fan art or fanfiction though they may never be in
contact with those who produce, others may not even conceive themselves as
a product of fandom, simply because they perceive fandom as productive and
themselves as solely consuming (though those latter would probably still dub
themselves “fans”). The concept of fandom has been theorized by academics
as well as fans, or by people who are part of both groups.
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