Adolescents and Online Fan Fiction

by Rebecca W. Black

This book presents an ethnographic and discourse analytic study of a highly popular online fan fiction writing space. Its analyses highlight the range of sophisticated literacy practices that English language learning youth engage in through their fan-related activities. Discussion also centers on how opportunities for language socialization, literacy, and identity development converge and diverge between academic settings and informal learning contexts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082049738X
• ISBN13: 9780820497389
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.7"