The end of deep reading is a commonplace in public debates, whenever societies talk about
youth, books, and the digital age. In contrast to this, we show for the first time and in detail …

Reports of the book's death have been greatly exaggerated. Books are flourishing in the
Internet era—widely discussed and reviewed in online readers' forums and publicized …

From Instapoetry to BookTube, contemporary literary cultures and practices are increasingly
intertwined with social media. In this lively and wide-ranging study, Bronwen Thomas …

Partly in response to debates surrounding participatory culture and what's been dubbed
'web 2.0', writers in fan studies have recently made use of John Fiske's classic (1992) …

El objetivo de este artículo es analizar un tipo especial de textualidad: los crossovers. El
análisis se focalizará en los contenidos generados por los usuarios de las narrativas …

Is there such a thing as transmedia storytelling? In a sense I am playing the devil's advocate.
The culture of the past twenty years has produced a vast number of “cult” narratives that …

Contemporary media culture is shaped by technological innovations and the sustained
move of media conglomerates from vertical to horizontal integration. While the concept of the …

Mimetic fandom is a surprisingly understudied mode of (culturally masculinized) fan activity
in which fans research and craft replica props. Mimetic fandom can be considered as (in) …

This chapter examines the narrative dimensions of stories that are told in social media
contexts. The stories published on blogs, social network sites, and wikis are important …

This article examines how the adaptation process and fan engagement are constituted in the
Mainland China media landscape by focusing on the phenomenally popular online drama …