COMS 401 Lecture Notes - Old Media, Culture Jamming, Produsage
28 Feb 2014
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How fan-made paratexts can be a part of the core text. Writers" strike in hollywood (2007 2008: dr. Horrible"s sing-along blog traditional narrative, part blog, part tv, part movie. Michel de certeau"s term borrowing texts and rewriting and reinterpreting them. To engage with the text, to transform it, is in some instances to liberate and rescue a text by providing an alternate or variant readings and thus forming new texts. Providing commentary and critique in addition to supplementing the story. Example: wicked, the great and powerful oz they all change the context of the story. Authentic home-grown culture that brings in the long-standing traditions: people telling stories over generations. Fandom are the most active segment of the media audience, one that refuses to simply. Fans accept what they are given, but rather insists on the right to become full participants. Dialogue only engaged in by true" fans, not casual watchers like dr. who devoted fandom and bandwagon jumpers.
