Women & Fanfiction: Community and Politics
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What is the primary role of celebrity news according to the content?

  • To provide commercial value (correct)
  • To report on political issues
  • To gather scientific data
  • To share global economic trends

    • Celebrity news is considered a respected form of journalism by many.

    False

    What impact does celebrity news have on pop culture?

    It is taken more seriously.

    Celebrity news has changed what we mean by ___ news.

    <p>entertainment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the factors that influence celebrity news with their implications:

    <p>Increased availability of images = Changes public expectations Citizen paparazzi = Gossip becomes news Commercial purposes = Journalism rated lower TikTok vs Instagram = Shift in media consumption</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following factors is mentioned as driving celebrity news?

    <p>Increased availability of images</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does celebrity news serve as a connection between celebrities and their audience?

    <p>It provides inside information and commentary.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one advantage of feminist counterpublics?

    <p>Strengthened community rooted in shared experiences</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Feminist counterpublics tend to avoid engaging in public conversations.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Name one strategy used by counterpublics to promote their narratives.

    <p>Virality as a strategy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Feminist counterpublics emphasize narratives that are __________ to mainstream conversations.

    <p>alternative</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following terms with their corresponding descriptions:

    <p>Deep connection = Strengthened relationships within a community Digital literacy = Ability to navigate and use digital tools effectively Political engagement = Involvement in issues affecting the community and society Counterpublics = Groups that foster alternative narratives to mainstream conversations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why was TikTok banned in India?

    <p>For privacy concerns</p> Signup and view all the answers

    India was the largest market for TikTok after China before the ban.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a defining characteristic of Web 1.0 in the 1990s?

    <p>Static web pages</p> Signup and view all the answers

    TikTok users collectively manufacture and dramatize stories like an __________ gossip reel.

    <p>investigative</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following platforms with their primary characteristics:

    <p>TikTok = Tabloid features and collective story creation Instagram = Visual content sharing and influencing Web 1.0 = Static web pages Web 2.0 = User-centric and interactive</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term refers to the concept of surveillance from below?

    <p>Sousveillance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was a significant issue related to TikTok that contributed to its ban?

    <p>Surveillance and data collection</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Web 2.0 emphasizes a static approach to web design.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Tabloids provide equal coverage and resources to everyday people as they do to celebrities.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which country was the largest market for TikTok?

    <p>China</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ethical implication associated with algorithmic decision-making?

    <p>Shift in power dynamics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The Internet Protocol used for most web communication is __________.

    <p>HTTP</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The concept of ____ refers to the idea that successful individuals are more likely to continue being successful.

    <p>Matthew Effect</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following surveillance terms with their descriptions:

    <p>Sousveillance = Recording authority from below Surveillance = Monitoring by those in power Social Surveillance = Eavesdropping on peers Exfilming = Extracting information secretly</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following factors are involved in Collaborative Filtering?

    <p>Similar taste identification</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Algorithmic imaginaries shape the way we think about algorithms.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'Optimal Distinctiveness' refer to in algorithmic contexts?

    <p>Balancing uniqueness and similarity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Conspiracy theories are often a result of ____ in the algorithmic ecosystem.

    <p>information silos</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What social media platform is highlighted for its significant role in multiplatform marketing strategies?

    <p>TikTok</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ideal balance mentioned between in the context of streaming platforms like Spotify?

    <p>Familiarity and novelty</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Memes are considered a subversive response to uneven participatory culture.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who first used the term 'memes'?

    <p>Richard Dawkins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Algorithmic _______ involves technology-based manipulation of visibility on digital platforms.

    <p>Gossip</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following concepts with their descriptions:

    <p>Algorithmic Gossip = Manipulation of content visibility Participatory Culture = User engagement in content creation Memes = Cultural information that replicates across individuals Remix = Repackaging existing content in new formats</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'repackaging' refer to in the context of memes?

    <p>Mimicking and recreating specific texts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Participatory culture only allows for passive consumption of content.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the affordances of digital technology symbolic of?

    <p>Participation in culture</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Memes embody aspects of web 2.0 culture that include _______ sharing and user interactivity.

    <p>content</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following terms with their meanings:

    <p>Mimicry = Reproducing someone else's work in various formats Irony = Expressing a meaning opposite to the literal interpretation Ambiguity = The quality of being open to multiple interpretations Subversive = Challenging or undermining traditional power structures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Fan Fiction

    • Created by ordinary people
    • Circulates in a gift economy
    • Displaces commercially produced commodities
    • Consumption/production: Reading/writing

    Textual Poaching

    • Readers reclaim and reassemble pieces from literature
    • Reading becomes a form of play
    • Texts generate their own meanings

    Women & Fanfiction: Rationale

    • Fanfiction is often feminized
    • Drawn to community respect, skill development, creative outlet, and escapism
    • Often a response to feeling misjudged and ignored

    Politics of Fanfiction

    • A venue for activism
    • Provides vocabulary for anti-sexist and anti-racist thinking
    • Fans police their stories for any deviation (e.g., Gamergate, wanting to "gatekeep")

    Terms to Know

    • FF/fic: fanfiction
    • AU: alternate universe
    • RP/RPG: role-playing/game
    • FC: face claim
    • Head canon: accepted belief
    • Slash: relationship pairing between characters
    • OTP: one true pairing

    Recitation 8

    • Fanfiction builds a community with its own norms
    • Reasonable degree of conformity between interpretations of primary texts
    • Stories don't need to be universal

    Illness as a Metaphor

    • Mental illness often mirrors a distorted perception of self
    • Negative, personalizing connotations of illness
    • A role in aesthetics and cinematography

    Illness & Art

    • Certain health issues (e.g., anxiety, depression) are romanticized
    • Illness as an obstacle or superpower for characters
    • Race and gender are relevant in how illness is portrayed

    Illness & Stigma

    • 20th-century stigma around cancer (e.g., lack of understanding, fear of contagion, fatalism)
    • 21st-century stigma around mental health (e.g., invisibility, stereotypes, discrimination)
    • "Mad studies" aim to reclaim the lived experiences

    Celebrity as...

    • Representation: symbol, discourse
    • Industry: product, commodity
    • Cultural formation: social function
    • Expectation: participating in a field of expectations

    Recitation 9

    • Celebrity as an industry, becoming a product
    • Celebrity as commodity, manufactured, marketed, traded
    • Publicity and the media industries

    Celebrity News

    • Commentary on celebrities, but not always respected journalism
    • Different practices than "regular news"
    • Factors include interest in the celebrity, commercial considerations

    Factors & Implications of Celebrity News

    • Role of celebrity journalists as information filters who serve celebrity interests
    • Increased image availability, gossip as news

    Internet vs. WWW

    • Internet: global network of interconnected networks
    • WWW: service on the internet (using HTTP)
    • Web 1.0 (static, limited interaction), Web 2.0 (user-centric, social media), Web 3.0 (semantic, personalized, interconnected)

    Tiktok & Geopolitics

    • India was a major market for Tiktok before its ban
    • Ban reasons: misinformation, harassment, surveillance, data collection

    Tiktok vs. Instagram Class Politics

    • Tiktok has had a more inclusive platform for creators from marginalized communities

    Ethical Implications

    • Social media's complexity.
    • Ordinary people vs celebrities
    • Power dynamics in tabloids

    Algorithmic Imaginaries

    • Ways of thinking about what, how algorithms are concerned with social power
    • Factors in Algorithmic Decision Making (Collaborative Filtering & Matthew Effect)
    • Factors beyond Algorithm (Pay-for-play & Multi-platform marketing strategies)
    • Optimal distincitveness: ideal balance of familiarity and novelty

    Algorithmic Gossip

    • Communal/social information on how algorithms function and their visibility
    • Role: knowledge production, response to power dynamics

    Memes

    • Created/reproduced within specific social contexts or communities
    • Forms of mimicry or remixing (combining texts)
    • Memes reflect digital affordances in participatory culture

    Participatory Culture

    • Mems as shared social phenomena
    • Creation of internet memes
    • Memes as media manipulation

    Memes Continued

    • Alt-Right
    • Right-wing political views
    • Aggressive trolling culture

    Fandom

    • Pop culture connection, shared commitment, community bonds, digital literacy

    Hashtags & Activism Advanatges/Disavanatges

    • Using hashtags to represent collective views on social media
    • Virality as a strategy in counterpublic activism
    • Overrepresentation in feminist activism

    Feminist Counterpublic

    • Public conversations that are alternative to mainstream conversation
    • Focuses on feminist narratives, representation, and non-hierarchical organization
    • Examples like the #FreeBritney campaign

    Takeaways

    • Pessimism aversion in looking away from tech change
    • Containment, need for managing tools like AI.
    • Symptomatic technology- technology reflecting societal values

    Philosophy of Attention

    • Moral attention: Focusing on compassion
    • Decreation emptying of egocentricity

    Persuasive Technology

    • Persuasion to spend more time/money on platform
    • Nudges towards behaviors (e.g., push notifications)
    • Filter Bubbles: algorithmic sorting leading to intellectual isolation

    Extended Reality

    • Virtual Reality (Full immersion), Augmented Reality (digital on real), Mixed Reality (superposition)
    • A mirror to popular feminism
    • A backlash of patriarchal values
    • A more general, non-detailed idea of feminism
    • Focus on the mainstreaming of feminism; backlashes to these popular images

    Culture of Dissemblance

    • Strategies and sexual politics from Black women in Reconstruction eras
    • Self-protective response to abuse
    • Politics of respectability: rely on stereotypes, requires silencing of sexuality

    New Extractivism

    • Data mining, digital acts
    • Consequences across labor and climate

    Ethical Tech Paths

    • Conscientious objectors, demands to know
    • Use of technology & how it's applied

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    Explore the multifaceted world of fanfiction, focusing on its role as a creative outlet and community for women. This quiz delves into concepts like textual poaching, activism within fan communities, and the terminology unique to fanfiction culture. Understand how fanfiction serves as both an escape and a platform for societal commentary.

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