ONLINE COMMUNICATION AND EVERYDAY LIFE: FEMALE SOCIAL AUDIENCE AND TV FICTION

ABSTRACT The construction of online gender identities around television fiction has been dominated by studies on eminently masculine cult fandoms. This article attempts to overcome this through the specific examination of the construction of online identities of women on social networks and forums d...

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Autores principales: Lacalle,Charo, Pujol,Cristina
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Universidad de Talca. Instituto de Estudios Humanísticos 2017
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-237620170002001172018-02-01ONLINE COMMUNICATION AND EVERYDAY LIFE: FEMALE SOCIAL AUDIENCE AND TV FICTIONLacalle,CharoPujol,Cristina Online communication gender identity social audience TV fiction fandom ABSTRACT The construction of online gender identities around television fiction has been dominated by studies on eminently masculine cult fandoms. This article attempts to overcome this through the specific examination of the construction of online identities of women on social networks and forums dedicated to Spanish television fiction. The methodology employed combines manual techniques (gathering the comments) and computational processes (ATLAS.ti). The results of the analysis reveal that unlike cult fandoms, the female participants of our study do not seek to claim an identity. Instead, they reveal their desire to express and share sentiments and emotions generated through the interrelationship between the programmes and their daily lives. Female cultural identities are not used politically or as a claim.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad de Talca. Instituto de Estudios HumanísticosUniversum (Talca) v.32 n.2 20172017-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-23762017000200117en10.4067/S0718-23762017000200117
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language English
topic Online communication
gender identity
social audience
TV fiction
fandom
spellingShingle Online communication
gender identity
social audience
TV fiction
fandom
Lacalle,Charo
Pujol,Cristina
ONLINE COMMUNICATION AND EVERYDAY LIFE: FEMALE SOCIAL AUDIENCE AND TV FICTION
description ABSTRACT The construction of online gender identities around television fiction has been dominated by studies on eminently masculine cult fandoms. This article attempts to overcome this through the specific examination of the construction of online identities of women on social networks and forums dedicated to Spanish television fiction. The methodology employed combines manual techniques (gathering the comments) and computational processes (ATLAS.ti). The results of the analysis reveal that unlike cult fandoms, the female participants of our study do not seek to claim an identity. Instead, they reveal their desire to express and share sentiments and emotions generated through the interrelationship between the programmes and their daily lives. Female cultural identities are not used politically or as a claim.
author Lacalle,Charo
Pujol,Cristina
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Pujol,Cristina
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title ONLINE COMMUNICATION AND EVERYDAY LIFE: FEMALE SOCIAL AUDIENCE AND TV FICTION
title_short ONLINE COMMUNICATION AND EVERYDAY LIFE: FEMALE SOCIAL AUDIENCE AND TV FICTION
title_full ONLINE COMMUNICATION AND EVERYDAY LIFE: FEMALE SOCIAL AUDIENCE AND TV FICTION
title_fullStr ONLINE COMMUNICATION AND EVERYDAY LIFE: FEMALE SOCIAL AUDIENCE AND TV FICTION
title_full_unstemmed ONLINE COMMUNICATION AND EVERYDAY LIFE: FEMALE SOCIAL AUDIENCE AND TV FICTION
title_sort online communication and everyday life: female social audience and tv fiction
publisher Universidad de Talca. Instituto de Estudios Humanísticos
publishDate 2017
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