tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168559789883487986.post7069304992586222284..comments2013-10-22T16:19:52.109-07:00Comments on If You're Reading This, It's Too Late To Turn Back : Digital Literacies Project Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09582504815937460995noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168559789883487986.post-3951552008272564062013-09-26T13:04:55.945-07:002013-09-26T13:04:55.945-07:00Katie,
This sounds like an interesting project! I...Katie,<br /><br />This sounds like an interesting project! I, too, am a Once Upon A Time watcher (I must admit, a super critical one), so I look forward to observing your project. I pay a lot of attention to online discussions of TV shows, but am not at all familiar with the IMDB forums, so I’m also curious to learn more about how that particular community interacts.<br /><br />Merchant’s list of the “shifts of emphasis” alongside emerging digital literacies reminds me a lot of your project (243). He discusses how texts are transformed as a result of the digital environment. In particular, numbers 5 ("texts can become collaborative and multivocal, with replies, links, posted comments and borrowing") and 8 (“roles of readers and writers overlap”) seem relevant to a discussion community of TV fans. When fans articulate their own interpretations and analyses of a text (OUAT), they have the power to affect the way fellow fans engage with the show’s canon itself. In a way, fans have the power to “rewrite” the show for one another, which is especially interesting when it comes to canon aspects that they find dissatisfying. I myself have read a lot of criticism of the writing and characterization decisions OUAT has made, and it’s definitely made me more aware and critical as a viewer. I’m also interested in Knobel and Lankshear’s idea of the “attention economy” in relation to this IMDB message board space. Are there certain posters who get more attention or carry more credibility than others, or is it a more egalitarian discussion space?<br /><br />In terms of how you might refine or narrow down your topic, I’m wondering whether you might consider focusing on fans’ reactions to a particular aspect of Once Upon A Time, rather than all the content of the third season. Plot development? Shipping? One particular character’s arc? (Personally, Regina is my #1 Once Upon A Time priority. :D)Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05994879556139250356noreply@blogger.com