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Author: Louisa Ellen Stein
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Imprint: University of Iowa Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.360kg
ISBN: 9781609383558
ISBN 10: 1609383559
Pages: 222
Publication Date: 15 August 2015
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Stein s work traverses the networked contours of a rapidly fragmenting media culture to represent fandom in positive, political, and productive ways. She spotlights a new generation and offers an important window on contemporary developments in transmedia storytelling and net-based fan cultures. Mark Duffett, author, Understanding Fandom A distinctive and original take on participatory culture, Millennial Fandom is an impressive study of the cultural and gendered ramifications of social media engagement. It will become essential reading for anyone hoping to understand millennials and the impact of their attitudes toward gender and media use on contemporary culture. Jennifer Gillan, author, Television Brandcasting Stein's work traverses the networked contours of a rapidly fragmenting media culture to represent fandom in positive, political, and productive ways. She spotlights a new generation and offers an important window on contemporary developments in transmedia storytelling and net-based fan cultures. --Mark Duffett, author, Understanding Fandom A distinctive and original take on participatory culture, Millennial Fandom is an impressive study of the cultural and gendered ramifications of social media engagement. It will become essential reading for anyone hoping to understand millennials and the impact of their attitudes toward gender and media use on contemporary culture. --Jennifer Gillan, author, Television Brandcasting
Stein s work traverses the networked contours of a rapidly fragmenting media culture to represent fandom in positive, political, and productive ways. She spotlights a new generation and offers an important window on contemporary developments in transmedia storytelling and net-based fan cultures. Mark Duffett, author, Understanding Fandom
Author Information
Louisa Ellen Stein is an assistant professor at Middlebury College. The book review editor for both Cinema Journal and Transformative Works and Cultures, she also coedited the essay collections Teen Television and Sherlock and Transmedia Fandom. Her research interests include the media literacies at work in fandom, gender, and generational influences in media culture, and transmedia technology. She is a proud member of Vatican Cameos, the 2013 winning team of the transmedia scavenger hunt GISHWHES (Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen). She lives in East Middlebury, Vermont.
