Fandom and a general audience (part 2)
I was teaching a seminar this week along with one of my senior colleagues whose course it is. At the end of his lecture on media theory (which was a whistle-stop tour from Adorno to Jenkins) he very briefly mentioned fan vids - it was a one sentence comment about Star Trek slash (although he didn't call it that). Unfortunately, he presented it in such a way that made it sound slightly ridiculous and the class laughed.
After the break, I had 30 minutes at the end of the seminar to present some examples of recent developments in online television shows, but I managed somehow to segue into a brief explanation of slash. Any way, they seemed to get it (and didn't laugh!), but I continue to find it interesting how misrepresented fandom is on occasion.
After the break, I had 30 minutes at the end of the seminar to present some examples of recent developments in online television shows, but I managed somehow to segue into a brief explanation of slash. Any way, they seemed to get it (and didn't laugh!), but I continue to find it interesting how misrepresented fandom is on occasion.