Analyzes viewers' responses to the Dallas television series, attempts to explain why it is so popular around the world, and discusses the show's relationship with melodrama, American ideology, and feminism.
Tune in, log on: soaps, fandom, and online community
The work provides an introduction to on-line and audience issues through the study of an Internet soap opera fan group composed largely of women. The author shows that women can build good on-line communities, whilst welcoming male participation.
Tune in, log on: soaps, fandom, and online community
"Nancy K. Baym's Tune In, Log On: Soaps, Fandom, and Online Community is an ethnographic study of an Internet soap opera fan group. Bridging the fields of computer-mediated communication and audience studies, the book shows how verbal and nonverbal communicative practices create…
Tune in, log on: soaps, fandom, and online community
The work provides an introduction to on-line and audience issues through the study of an Internet soap opera fan group composed largely of women. The author shows that women can build good on-line communities, whilst welcoming male participation.