Tune in, log on : soaps, fandom, and online community
"Nancy K. Baym's Tune In, Log On: Soaps, Fandom, and Online Community is an ethnographic study of an Internet soap opera fan group. Bridging the fields of computer-mediated communication and audience studies, the book shows how verbal and nonverbal communicative practices create collaborative interpretations and criticism, group humor, interpersonal relationships, group norms, and individual identity."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2000
Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, Calif., 2000
Electronic discussion groups
x, 249 pages ; 24 cm
9780761916482, 9780761916499, 0761916482, 0761916490
41319855
Introduction : Three tales of one community
1. The soap opera and its audience : TV for the less intelligent?
2. Interpreting and comparing perspectives in the audience community
3. It's only a soap : criticism, creativity, and solidarity
4. "I think of them as friends" : interpersonal relationships in the online community
5. The development of individual identity
6. Futureflash : 5 years later
Conclusion : Tune in tomorrow