ABSTRACT
Twitter is a popular
platform for celebrity-fan interaction as well as fan-fan interactions. Because
there are lots of fandoms on Twitter, fans from different fandoms decided to
make a community for themselves called Stan twitter. Twitter has given many
Stan Twitter the place where they can interact with other fans and celebrities
as well as a place to have a community. However, this facilitation has
encouraged Stan Twitter to develop toxic behaviours and interactions. Fans
might start Read more [...]
Tag: fan culture
ABSTRACT
This paper will examine how pop music fan accounts on Twitter utilises its affordances – namely, the @ symbol for usernames, mentions and replies, hashtags, and retweets – to fulfill the four conditions of McMillan and Chavis’s notion of ‘sense of community’ within the platform. It will primarily examine the online behaviours of these types of fans do when using these affordances to retain the on-going interaction and connection between other fans and their favourite artists Read more [...]