“Are you ready for this?” “I don’t know if there’s a choice”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23615499 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bethan Jones (0000-0001-7727-2387, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 347-355 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Routledge Companion to Media Fandom (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781315637518-42 |
| OpenAlex | W4235951947 |
| ISBN | 9781315637518 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
This chapter examines fan reactions to news of the revival, drawing on research conducted in May 2015, and the preliminary results of research conducted in April 2016, with fans of the show. The announcement of a new series, then, resulted in much fannish anticipation even before fans really knew what the series would entail. During the summer of 2014, Vulture published an interview with The X-Files creator, Chris Carter, in which he confirmed that conversations had been held with Fox about a reboot of the series. The chapter also examines the relationship between industry and what fans expect from a revived series, and suggests that fans&s; notions of affective ownership over a text plays an important role in the reception of that text. It argues that tensions exist between fans and creators when fans are asked to renegotiate their existing knowledge of and affective engagement with the text.
Internet privacy · Computer Science · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |