VIDEOGAMES: HENRY JENKINS - FANDOM AND PARTICIPATORY CULTURE
FANDOM 1) What is the definition of a fan? - A person who likes and admires someone or something in a very enthusiastic way. 2) What the different types of fan identified in the factsheet? - Hardcore/True Fan - Newbie - Anti-fan 3) What makes a ‘fandom’? - 4) What is Bordieu’s argument regarding the ‘cultural capital’ of fandom? 5) What examples of fandom are provided on pages 2 and 3 of the factsheet? 6) Why is imaginative extension and text creation a vital part of digital fandom?