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Tune In, Log On Nancy K. Baym

Tune In, Log On By Nancy K. Baym

Tune In, Log On by Nancy K. Baym


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Tune In, Log Out 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 non verbal communicative practices create collaborative interpretations and criticism, group humour, interpersonal relationships, group norms and individual identity.

Tune In, Log On Summary

Tune In, Log On: Soaps, Fandom, and Online Community by Nancy K. Baym

Nancy K. Baym's Tune In, Log On is an ethnographic study of an Internet soap opera fan group. Bridging the fields of computer-mediated communication and audience studies, the book show how verbal and nonverbal communicative practices create collaborative interpretations and criticism, group humor, interpersonal relationships, group norms, and individual identity. While much has been written about problems and inequities women have encountered online, Baym's analysis of a female-dominated group in which female communication styles prevail demonstrates that women can build successful online communities while still welcoming male participants. In addition, a longitudinal look at the development of the fan group allows an examination of the endurance of the group's social structure in the face of the Internet's tremendous growth. Lively and engaging, Tune In, Log On provides an entertaining introduction to issues of online and audience community.

About Nancy K. Baym

Nancy Baym is an Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Kansas. She has written many widely-cited articles about online fan community and social aspects of online interaction and is the author of the book Tune In, Log On: Soaps, Fandom, and Online Community (Sage Press, Inc.). She is a co-founder and Past-President of the Association of Internet Researchers. She is an award-winning teacher whose courses address the use of new communication technologies in creating identities, relationships and communities, interpersonal communication, and qualitative research methods. She serves on the editorial boards of the premiere journals in the field, including New Media & Society, The Journal of Communication, The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, and The Information Society. Her blog about fan activity on the internet can be found at http://www.onlinefandom.com

Table of Contents

Introduction Introduction Three Tales of One Community The Soap Opera and Its Audience TV for the Less Intelligent? Interpreting and Comparing Perspectives in the Audience Community It's Only a Soap Criticism, Creativity and Solidarity 'I Think of Them as Friends' Interpersonal Relationships in the On-Line Community The Development of Individual Identity Futureflash Five Years Later Conclusion Tune In Tomorrow

Additional information

NPB9780761916482
9780761916482
0761916482
Tune In, Log On: Soaps, Fandom, and Online Community by Nancy K. Baym
New
Hardback
SAGE Publications Inc
1999-12-20
264
N/A
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