[Fan] Vidders Talk Back To Their Pop-Culture Muses

[prion]

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/ku...Culture.Muses/

NPR
February 26, 2009

Vidders Talk Back To Their Pop-Culture Muses
Fans of TV shows have long found ways to share their obsessions. But in the digital age, these vidders are creating more elaborate content, and sharing it more widely.

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Vidding is a way of seeing," explains vidder Francesca Coppa. She's a professor at Muhlenberg College who's written scholarly papers about vids. She also belongs to a community of mostly female vidders who avidly follow programs like Smallville and Stargate Atlantis.

Coppa says their vids analyze aspects of beloved shows, often from a feminist perspective. They create character studies (like this one inspired by Law & Order: SVU), building different stories from the ones they've been given.

"I think women are having to supplement mass-media culture with their own ideas," Coppa says. "Or fill in the blanks themselves with things they're not getting from the mainstream culture."

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[Arctic Goddess]

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/ku...Culture.Muses/

NPR
February 26, 2009

Vidders Talk Back To Their Pop-Culture Muses
Fans of TV shows have long found ways to share their obsessions. But in the digital age, these vidders are creating more elaborate content, and sharing it more widely.

excerpt:

Vidding is a way of seeing," explains vidder Francesca Coppa. She's a professor at Muhlenberg College who's written scholarly papers about vids. She also belongs to a community of mostly female vidders who avidly follow programs like Smallville and Stargate Atlantis.

Coppa says their vids analyze aspects of beloved shows, often from a feminist perspective. They create character studies (like this one inspired by Law & Order: SVU), building different stories from the ones they've been given.

"I think women are having to supplement mass-media culture with their own ideas," Coppa says. "Or fill in the blanks themselves with things they're not getting from the mainstream culture."

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What a fascinating article, Prion. Thanks so much for finding it. It just goes to show, that now with the internet, the voiceless, such as women, now have voices. Go us!!!

[prion]

What a fascinating article, Prion. Thanks so much for finding it. It just goes to show, that now with the internet, the voiceless, such as women, now have voices. Go us!!!

you're welcome. it was also nice to see an article that didn't portray fans as oddballs!

[LJR02]

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/ku...Culture.Muses/

NPR
February 26, 2009

Vidders Talk Back To Their Pop-Culture Muses
Fans of TV shows have long found ways to share their obsessions. But in the digital age, these vidders are creating more elaborate content, and sharing it more widely.

excerpt:

Vidding is a way of seeing," explains vidder Francesca Coppa. She's a professor at Muhlenberg College who's written scholarly papers about vids. She also belongs to a community of mostly female vidders who avidly follow programs like Smallville and Stargate Atlantis.

Coppa says their vids analyze aspects of beloved shows, often from a feminist perspective. They create character studies (like this one inspired by Law & Order: SVU), building different stories from the ones they've been given.

"I think women are having to supplement mass-media culture with their own ideas," Coppa says. "Or fill in the blanks themselves with things they're not getting from the mainstream culture."

REST AT LINK ABOVE

Thanks for sharing Prion. That was an interesting article. There are some truly amazing artists out there. You're right it was nice to see them portray fans this way and not as oddballs.

[Reiko]

Awesome article! Thanks for sharing.