Fandom Videos - The Documentary Network Explore the world beyond headlines with amazing videos. Wed, 12 Apr 2017 13:52:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.5 https://documentary.net/wp-content/themes/documentary/img/documentary-logo.png Documentary Network - Watch free documentaries and films 337 17 Explore the world beyond headlines with amazing videos. Can Fandom Change Society? https://documentary.net/video/can-fandom-change-society/ https://documentary.net/video/can-fandom-change-society/#respond Fri, 07 Sep 2012 18:15:48 +0000 http://documentary.net/?p=8309

Before the mass media, people actively engaged with culture through storytelling and expanding well-known tales. Modern fan culture connects to this historical tradition, and has become a force that challenges social norms and accepted behavior. Whether the issue is gender, sexuality, subversiveness, or even intellectual property law, fans participate in communities that allow them to think outside of what is possible in more mainstream scenarios. "Fannish" behavior has become its own grassroots way of altering our society and culture, and a means of actively experiencing one's own culture. In a sense, fans have changed from the faceless adoring masses, to people who are proud of their identity and are stretching the boundaries of what is considered "normal". Featuring: Prof. Francesca Coppa, Muhlenberg College Chris Menning, editor at Modern Primate Amanda Brennan, researcher at Know Your Meme Dr. Whitney Phillips, lecturer at NYU Alexa Dacre, fan fiction writer Naomi Novik, Organization for Transformative Works ]]>

Before the mass media, people actively engaged with culture through storytelling and expanding well-known tales. Modern fan culture connects to this historical tradition, and has become a force that challenges social norms and accepted behavior. Whether the issue is gender, sexuality, subversiveness, or even intellectual property law, fans participate in communities that allow them to think outside of what is possible in more mainstream scenarios. "Fannish" behavior has become its own grassroots way of altering our society and culture, and a means of actively experiencing one's own culture. In a sense, fans have changed from the faceless adoring masses, to people who are proud of their identity and are stretching the boundaries of what is considered "normal". Featuring: Prof. Francesca Coppa, Muhlenberg College Chris Menning, editor at Modern Primate Amanda Brennan, researcher at Know Your Meme Dr. Whitney Phillips, lecturer at NYU Alexa Dacre, fan fiction writer Naomi Novik, Organization for Transformative Works ]]>
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