Transparency and reciprocity: Respecting fannish spaces in scholarly research
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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
Keywords
- Fans, ethics, participants, accountability, permission, transparency, fanwork, fanfiction, fanart
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Journal of Fandom Studies |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2016 |
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Fanfiction and the author: How fanfic changes popular cultural texts
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Statements and silence: fanfic paratexts for ASOIAF/Game of Thrones
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Won't somebody please think of the children? Or, South Park fanfic and the political realm
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