Fanfiction Writing and the Construction of Space |
REBECCA W. BLACK, Department of Education, University of California, Irvine, USA |
pages 384-397
doi: 10.2304/elea.2007.4.4.384 |
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In this article, a spatial lens is used to look at a popular online culture-based writing website as a means of understanding how fan authors' literacy practices and the design features of the site interact to shape a writing space that engenders affiliation with and facilitates access to literacy and language learning. Discussion also focuses on how the site, conceptualized as an affinity space, provides English-language-learning youth with multiple means of displaying expertise in and affiliating around popular culture, as well as of positioning themselves as capable and accomplished users of multiple social languages. |
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REBECCA W. BLACK (2007) Fanfiction Writing and the Construction of Space, E-Learning and Digital Media, 4(4), 384-397. http://dx.doi.org/10.2304/elea.2007.4.4.384 |
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