In the iLecture Dr Leaver discusses some of Jenkins theories on media audiences. He describes them in three different categories:
Zappers – who basically channel surf
Casuals – people who have a few media texts they like and try to watch or read them when they can
Loyals – people who really connect with their media text of choice and watch or read it religiously, buy all the books and DVDs etc
He states that the Loyals and fans are quite similar but not the same
After reading about fanfiction and vidding I would say that fans go further than people who are loyal to a particular text by creating communities around it. Fans feel a real emotional connection to the characters or people in the text, they form groups to discuss characters and create artworks (such as vids) to express their emotional connection and to connect to other fans. They further the story lines and through fan fiction and want to have input into how the story progresses.
Leaver, D. T.(2011). The Horrible Future of Entertainment Media? MCCA 104: Engaging Media - Lecture 2.1 Retrieved from http://dbs.ilectures.curtin.edu.au/lectopia/lectopia.lasso?-MaxRecords=50&-SkipRecords=0&-Op=bw&ut=2908&CallbackID=c9abfe8d9710a2f9e3b4ac53998a2578&usr=15055147
Vidding.(2008). Organization for Transformative Works Retrieved from http://transformativeworks.org/node/579
Fanfiction.(2011). Fanlore Retrieved from http://fanlore.org/wiki/Fanfiction
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