An in-depth examination of the novel ways young people support and learn from each other though participation in online fanfiction communities. Over the past twenty years, amateur fanfiction writers have published an astonishing amount of fiction in online repositories. More than 1.5 million enthusiastic fanfiction writers--primarily young people in their teens and twenties An in-depth examination of the novel ways young people support and learn from each other though participation in online fanfiction communities. Over the past twenty years, amateur fanfiction writers have published an astonishing amount of fiction in online repositories. More than 1.5 million enthusiastic fanfiction writers--primarily young people in their teens and twenties--have contributed nearly seven million stories and more than 176 million reviews to a single online site, Fanfiction.net. In this book, Cecilia Aragon and Katie Davis provide an in-depth examination of fanfiction writers and fanfiction repositories, finding that these sites are not shallow agglomerations and regurgitations of pop culture but rather online spaces for sophisticated and informal learning. Through their participation in online fanfiction communities, young people find ways to support and learn from one another. Aragon and Davis term this novel system of interactive advice and instruction distributed mentoring, and describe its seven attributes, each of which is supported by an aspect of networked technologies: aggregation, accretion, acceleration, abundance, availability, asynchronicity, and affect. Employing an innovative combination of qualitative and quantitative analyses, they provide an in-depth ethnography, reporting on a nine-month study of three fanfiction sites, and offer a quantitative analysis of lexical diversity in the 61.5 billion words on the Fanfiction.net site. Going beyond fandom, Aragon and Davis consider how distributed mentoring could improve not only other online learning platforms but also formal writing instruction in schools.
Writers in the Secret Garden: Fanfiction, Youth, and New Forms of Mentoring
An in-depth examination of the novel ways young people support and learn from each other though participation in online fanfiction communities. Over the past twenty years, amateur fanfiction writers have published an astonishing amount of fiction in online repositories. More than 1.5 million enthusiastic fanfiction writers--primarily young people in their teens and twenties An in-depth examination of the novel ways young people support and learn from each other though participation in online fanfiction communities. Over the past twenty years, amateur fanfiction writers have published an astonishing amount of fiction in online repositories. More than 1.5 million enthusiastic fanfiction writers--primarily young people in their teens and twenties--have contributed nearly seven million stories and more than 176 million reviews to a single online site, Fanfiction.net. In this book, Cecilia Aragon and Katie Davis provide an in-depth examination of fanfiction writers and fanfiction repositories, finding that these sites are not shallow agglomerations and regurgitations of pop culture but rather online spaces for sophisticated and informal learning. Through their participation in online fanfiction communities, young people find ways to support and learn from one another. Aragon and Davis term this novel system of interactive advice and instruction distributed mentoring, and describe its seven attributes, each of which is supported by an aspect of networked technologies: aggregation, accretion, acceleration, abundance, availability, asynchronicity, and affect. Employing an innovative combination of qualitative and quantitative analyses, they provide an in-depth ethnography, reporting on a nine-month study of three fanfiction sites, and offer a quantitative analysis of lexical diversity in the 61.5 billion words on the Fanfiction.net site. Going beyond fandom, Aragon and Davis consider how distributed mentoring could improve not only other online learning platforms but also formal writing instruction in schools.
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Hanners –
So rad to see the focus-group stats on fanfic reader feedback, alone; 30% of reader feedback being "positive reflection on specific aspects of the text"?! 22% corrective/constructive feedback?! 27.6% "update encouragement"?! Readers providing eager and engaging peer review! Writers receiving steady encouragement to continue writing and improving! That's sick af! We spend thousands of dollars for the same thing in a classroom! And it's never "just for funsies" in a classroom! Awesome academic st So rad to see the focus-group stats on fanfic reader feedback, alone; 30% of reader feedback being "positive reflection on specific aspects of the text"?! 22% corrective/constructive feedback?! 27.6% "update encouragement"?! Readers providing eager and engaging peer review! Writers receiving steady encouragement to continue writing and improving! That's sick af! We spend thousands of dollars for the same thing in a classroom! And it's never "just for funsies" in a classroom! Awesome academic study. Would love to find more like it.
Cassandra –
I received a complimentary copy. I think that the book requires a lot of time to really get deeply into as it includes so many excellent ideas. Just jam packed with valuable resources and the best information to really help benefit writers or really anyone who is interested in learning about the topics.
Rae Storey –
An extremely interesting academic piece covering work done by a team at my very own University of Washington. They read loads of fan fiction and plus comments in their study of distributed mentoring.
Kate –
Engaging and impeccably researched, Aragon and Davis have explored online mentorship through the lens of fanfiction communities. The internet is a tool, and they argue that fandom has used it for good in many cases. Fanfiction writers, especially, have created a model of digital and distributed mentorship. Whether or not this is scale-able remains to be seen, but this kind of organic collaboration is enviable. Really well done. Tagging this as Library Science too, because of the UX component. Li Engaging and impeccably researched, Aragon and Davis have explored online mentorship through the lens of fanfiction communities. The internet is a tool, and they argue that fandom has used it for good in many cases. Fanfiction writers, especially, have created a model of digital and distributed mentorship. Whether or not this is scale-able remains to be seen, but this kind of organic collaboration is enviable. Really well done. Tagging this as Library Science too, because of the UX component. Libraries wish they could cultivate this. Or at least, this librarian does.
Sara Strand –
This was actually really fascinating and really well researched. I went into this with my original opinion about fanfiction sites and I'm coming out of this book with a completely different opinion and a greater understanding of what fanfiction sites actually are and what they can do, and I really think the ideas and information in this book could be used easily in a variety of classrooms from middle school all the way up to university level. A very interesting tool in teaching. This was actually really fascinating and really well researched. I went into this with my original opinion about fanfiction sites and I'm coming out of this book with a completely different opinion and a greater understanding of what fanfiction sites actually are and what they can do, and I really think the ideas and information in this book could be used easily in a variety of classrooms from middle school all the way up to university level. A very interesting tool in teaching.
Robin –
Great book! I learned a lot
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