Professional women's fan fiction as literacy practice and online community

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dc.contributorBoylorn, Robin M.
dc.contributorBuck, Amber M.
dc.contributorDavies, Catherine Evans
dc.contributorNiiler, Lucas P.
dc.contributor.advisorDayton, Amy E.
dc.contributor.authorColeman, Susanna Kate
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-11T16:49:06Z
dc.date.available2018-07-11T16:49:06Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractOver the past decade, awareness and acceptance of fan fiction as a legitimate literacy practice—an activity involving reading and/or writing—has grown. Fan fiction refers to new narratives fans write about media properties, including books, movies, television shows, and video games, and it is a genre primarily authored by girls and women. The aim of this study is to determine the literacy practices professional women engage when reading and writing fan fiction, and to investigate whether they use these same literacy practices while reading and writing for work. The study also asks how the participants define being part of an online fan community and what literacy practices they engage within their communities. The researcher conducted oral interviews with five adult American women in professional careers, transcribed the interviews, and analyzed them with a mixture of narrative research and discourse analysis methodology. Results of this analysis indicate that each participant engages different literacy practices from all other participants, both while reading and writing fan fiction and while participating in online communities. Most participants do use at least some of their fan-related practices to accomplish literacy tasks at work, and they use work-related practices while composing fan fiction, as well. Based upon these findings about the participants’ productive blending of literacy practices, further research could uncover ways others may adapt literacy skills they already possess to read and write more effectively at work. Additional research also remains to be done on a wider demographic of fan fiction authors, particularly fans of color.en_US
dc.format.extent150 p.
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.otheru0015_0000001_0002936
dc.identifier.otherColeman_alatus_0004D_13204
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/3621
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectRhetoric
dc.subjectWomen's studies
dc.subjectWeb studies
dc.titleProfessional women's fan fiction as literacy practice and online communityen_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of English
etdms.degree.disciplineEnglish
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.leveldoctoral
etdms.degree.namePh.D.
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