On the importance of presence within fandom spaces

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Abstract

Presence and copresence in Goffman’s sense are some of the main building blocks of fandom groups in online spaces. This article provides a definition of both especially developed to take the online environment of fandom into account. At the same time, a framework for analysis and design of fandom spaces is developed and used on existing fandom spaces.
Original languageEnglish
Article number1
JournalJournal of Fandom Studies
Volume5
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)141-156
Number of pages15
ISSN2046-6692
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2017

Keywords

  • presence
  • copresence
  • fandom spaces
  • participation
  • framework for analysis and design

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