Fandom Theory - Henry Jenkins

Question 1

What did Henry Jenkins believe about the role of audiences/fans in media?

Answer 1

They play a key role/part

Question 2

Henry Jenkins believes that audiences play a key role in what?

Answer 2

Media production, consumption and distribution processes

Question 3

Henry Jenkins believes that audiences play a key role in what media production, consumption and distribution processes, in particular…

Answer 3

fans

Question 4

How would a fan play a part in production according to Henry Jenkins?

Answer 4

Perhaps email the production team and send them ideas

Question 5

How would a fan play a part in distribution according to Henry Jenkins?

Answer 5

Commenting and sharing - interacting with the content

Question 6

Henry Jenkins believes that fans are responsible for a lot of things within a media product, in particular…

Answer 6

constructing their own meanings and sharing them with others

Question 7

Textual poaching

Answer 7

Audiences taking a media product and remaking or reworking it to create their own meaning

Question 8

What is fan fiction an example of?

Answer 8

Textual poaching

Question 9

Give an example of textual poaching that an audience might do

Answer 9

Any from fan made videos, fan reviews, fan art, fan fiction, fan made websites or blogs, fan made memes, etc.

Question 10

Why may fan-made products be growing in popularity?

Answer 10

Because of the improvements in domestic technology enabling us to easily create videos/products and upload them to the internet