Ins and outs of transmedia fandom

Motives for entering and exiting the SKAM fan community online

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4330833
AutoresVilde Schanke Sundet (0000-0003-2373-6806, University of Oslo, autor de correspondencia), Line Nybro Petersen (0000-0003-1569-5768, University of Southern Denmark), Line Nybro Peteresen
Año2021
Volumen84
Páginas101510
Fecha de publicación2021-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPoetics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0304-422X • E-ISSN: 1872-7514
EditorialElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.poetic.2020.101510
OpenAlexW3099523721
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas37

This article investigates the motives for entering a digital fan community and becoming a fan for the first time—and, subsequently, leaving it again—by focusing on these fans’ main entry and exit points. It looks at the fan community following the Norwegian hit show SKAM (2015–17), which grew over its four seasons into a global cult phenomenon with viewers and fans of all ages from around the world. Empirically, the article draws on forty-seven interviews with Scandinavian SKAM fans between the ages of thirteen and seventy. Based on these interviews, the article presents a tripartite model through which fan motivations are located in the intersections among intrapersonal, social, and transmedial factors

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