Transparency and reciprocity: Respecting fannish spaces in scholarly research

Judith Fathallah

doi:10.1386/jfs.4.3.251_1

Transparency and reciprocity: Respecting fannish spaces in scholarly research

Judith Fathallah

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Abstract

Accountability to participants is a topic of some debate within fan studies. Whilst working with people requires informed consent, it may be legally defensible to freely quote any fanwork found online. Reflecting on my research experience, this article argues for a responsibility to ask permission from fan creators before sharing their work in academic and other contexts. An ethics of transparency is beneficial not only to fans, I argue, but to the development of fan studies and its continued dialogue with fandoms

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Fandom Studies
Volume	4
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1386/jfs.4.3.251_1
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2016

Keywords

Fans, ethics, participants, accountability, permission, transparency, fanwork, fanfiction, fanart

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2016 Transparency and ReciprocityAccepted author manuscript, 258 KB

Fanfiction and the author: How fanfic changes popular cultural texts
Fathallah, J., 15 Mar 2017, Amsterdam University Press. 248 p. (Transmedia)
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Statements and silence: fanfic paratexts for ASOIAF/Game of Thrones
Fathallah, J., 2016, In: Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies. 30, 1, p. 75-88
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Won't somebody please think of the children? Or, South Park fanfic and the political realm
Fathallah, J., 29 May 2015, In: Journal of Youth Studies. 18, 10, p. 1309–1325 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Transparency and reciprocity: Respecting fannish spaces in scholarly research

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Fanfiction and the author: How fanfic changes popular cultural texts

Statements and silence: fanfic paratexts for ASOIAF/Game of Thrones

Won't somebody please think of the children? Or, South Park fanfic and the political realm

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