Tags and different type of Internet paratext is something users are becoming more an dmore fluent in, however, different site structures might lend themselves to different uses of paratext. In a previous post, it was suggested that Archive of Our
The social life of bookmark tags
Paratext (on the Internet) has historically been used, not only for folksonomy, but for social functions, too. This is true for websites that have a broader range of social media-like features, such as comments, likes and private messages and for
Transtextuality and transtextuality in relation to fanfiction
Transtextuality, to understand it, is a relevant concept when it comes to fanfiction. We can talk a lot about if fanfiction’s relationship to canon text is transtextual, in what way and why, but it’s worth to look at transtextual relationship
Supernatural, hands down, from the time I started working with this type of data, has just continued to be so huge, not only with the show, but we see the characters trend, and we see the actors around the show
If you look at how AO3 is built, consent is also at the core of its infrastructure. The concept of Archive Warnings, how it’s implemented, and the content of these warnings are all about consent. Warnings are all about allowing
Participatory fans on Tumblr adopt specialized fandom tags, which are unlikely to be used by Tumblr members who do not identify with a particular fandom or subsection of fandom. Such tags are not merely composed of the name the fandom
Morimoto: The Yuri!!! on Ice thing … Brennan: Yeah, it’s wild. People love anime with sports. Haikyu!, the volleyball anime, is also huge, and Free, when that happened, also was such a cultural phenomenon. When the first trailer came out
However, just because new blood has arrived in the fandom doesn’t mean the old behavior patterns have vanished. In this, the structure of a microblogging platform plays a role. Tumblr and Twitter aggregate all content made by all users with