{"product_id":"millennial-fandom-louisa-ellen-stein-9781609383558","title":"Millennial Fandom: Television Audiences in the Transmedia Age","description":"No longer a niche or cult identity, fandom now colors our notions of an expansive generational construct--the millennial generation. Like fans, millennials are frequently cast as active participants in media culture, spectators who expect opportunities to intervene, control, and create. At the same time, long-standing fears about fans' cultural unruliness manifest in rampant stories of millennials' technological over-dependence and lack of moral boundaries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These conflicting narratives of entrepreneurial creativity and digital immorality operate to quell the growing threat represented by millennials' media agency. With fan activities becoming ever more visible on social media platforms including YouTube, Facebook, LiveJournal, Twitter, Polyvore, and Tumblr, the fan has become the avatar of our digital hopes and fears. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In an ambitious study encompassing a wide range of media texts, including popular television series like \u003ci\u003eKyle XY\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlee\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGossip Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVeronica Mars\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePretty Little Liars\u003c\/i\u003e and online works like \u003ci\u003eThe Lizzie Bennet Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as fan texts from blog posts and tweets to remix videos, YouTube posts, and image-sharing streams, author Louisa Ellen Stein traces the circulation of the contradictory tropes of millennial hope and millennial noir. Looking at what millennials do with digital technology demonstrates the molding impact of commercial representations, and at the same time reveals how millennials are undermining, negotiating, and changing those narratives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This generation--and the fans it represents--is actively transforming the media landscape into a dynamic, culturally transgressive space of collective authorship. Offering a rich and complex vision of the relationship between fandom and millennial culture, \u003ci\u003eMillennial Fandom\u003c\/i\u003e will interest fans, millennials, students, and scholars of contemporary media culture alike. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Louisa Ellen Stein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609383559\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609383558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Iowa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.70w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2016","brand":"Louisa Ellen Stein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991697654015,"sku":"9781609383558","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d7c0d88e-01a2-40d1-b637-32952255ec16.jpg?v=1683311709","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/millennial-fandom-louisa-ellen-stein-9781609383558","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}