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Genre/Form: | Electronic discussion groups |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Baym, Nancy K. Tune in, log on. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©2000 (OCoLC)606319228 |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Nancy K Baym |
ISBN: | 0761916482 9780761916482 0761916490 9780761916499 |
OCLC Number: | 41319855 |
Description: | x, 249 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | 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. |
Series Title: | New media cultures. |
Responsibility: | Nancy K. Baym. |
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Abstract:
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.
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