Antifandom and the Moral Text
- 1 March 2005
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in American Behavioral Scientist
- Vol. 48 (7), 840-858
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764204273171
Abstract
Opposed and yet in some ways similar to the fan is the antifan: he or she who actively and vocally hates or dislikes a given text, personality, or genre. By studying antifan discussion and postings at the Web site Television Without Pity, this article examines antifan interaction with the television text. Focusing on the ensuing splintering of this text into aesthetic, moral, and rational-realistic dimensions, it is argued that antifan engagement with television forces a reevaluation of existing assumptions of textual ontology and of audience behavior and consumption.Keywords
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