Tune in, Log on: Soaps, Fandom, and Online Community
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Introduction Introduction Three Tales of One Community The Soap Opera and Its Audience TV for the Less Intelligent? Interpreting and Comparing Perspectives in the Audience Community It's Only a Soap Criticism, Creativity and Solidarity 'I Think of Them as Friends' Interpersonal Relationships in the On-Line Community The Development of Individual Identity Futureflash Five Years Later Conclusion Tune In Tomorrow
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The absence of a stringent structure hindered members from concentrating their interactions on exchanging information about specific topics, akin to a virtual community.
“Moreover, the absence of a stringent structure hindered members from concentrating their interactions on exchanging information about specific topics, akin to a virtual community (Baym, 2000).”
From From online to offline: Getting ready for in-person fieldwork through social media ethnography (2025) · cites this paper as Baym, 2000
The opportunity to connect with like-minded others has attracted users to computer-mediated communication platforms since early Usenet.
“since dial-in bulletin board systems and the early Usenet first became popular, it has been this very opportunity to connect with like-minded others that has attracted users to computer-mediated communication platforms (e.g., Baym, 2000).”
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“Moreover, the absence of a stringent structure hindered members from concentrating their interactions on exchanging information about specific topics, akin to a virtual community (Baym, 2000).”
- Authors
- Baym, N.
- Corresponding author
- Baym, Nancy
- ORCID
- Baym, Nancy
- Venue
- Sage eBooks
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications, Inc.
- Published
- 2000
- OpenAlex
- W615958108
- Cited by
- 863
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 9.87
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Sage eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Media and Digital Communication
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Cultural, Social, and Media Studies
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Keywords
- soap opera, fandom, online communities, audience communities, television audiences, audience interpretation, audience criticism, solidarity, interpersonal relationships
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