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Fan (Fiction) Acting on Media and the Politics of Appropriation

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  • Wolfgang Reißmann

    (Collaborative Research Center “Media of Cooperation”, University of Siegen, Germany)

  • Moritz Stock

    (Collaborative Research Center “Media of Cooperation”, University of Siegen, Germany)

  • Svenja Kaiser

    (Collaborative Research Center “Media of Cooperation”, University of Siegen, Germany)

  • Vanessa Isenberg

    (Collaborative Research Center “Media of Cooperation”, University of Siegen, Germany)

  • Jörg-Uwe Nieland

    (Collaborative Research Center “Media of Cooperation”, University of Siegen, Germany)

Abstract

Fanfiction is the creative appropriation and transformation of existing popular media texts by fans who take stories, worlds and/or characters as starting points and create their own stories based on them. As a cultural field of practice, fanfiction questions prevalent concepts of individual authorship and proprietary of cultural goods. At the same time, fanfiction itself is challenged. Through processes of mediatization, fanfiction grew and became increasingly visible. Third parties, ranging from the media industry (e.g., film studios) and copyright holders to journalism and academia, are interested in fanfiction and are following its development. We regard fanfiction communities and fan acting as fields for experimentation and as discursive arenas which can help understand what appropriating, writing and publishing in a digital culture and the future of writing might look like. In this paper, we outline important debates on the legitimacy and nature of fanfiction and present preliminary results of current research within Germany.

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  • Wolfgang Reißmann & Moritz Stock & Svenja Kaiser & Vanessa Isenberg & Jörg-Uwe Nieland, 2017. "Fan (Fiction) Acting on Media and the Politics of Appropriation," Media and Communication, Cogitatio Press, vol. 5(3), pages 15-27.
    • Handle: RePEc:cog:meanco:v5:y:2017:i:3:p:15-27
    DOI: 10.17645/mac.v5i3.990
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