Question

After consuming "Why still study fans? consider the connection between media habits and our identity. Think about our tastes and what they say about who we are. Are we defined by what we like or dislike in terms of popular culture? Give an example or two from your own experiences that connects to a specific point or two in this week’s readings.

Readings can be accessed using links below:

Cornel Sandvoss, Jonathan Gray, and C. Lee Harrington, “Why still study fans?” from Fandom: Identities and Communities in a Mediated World (2nd ed.)​

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Answer 1

Social media has become a widely discussed matter, which nonetheless is in plain sight, due to the fact that users can share their opinions,emotions & thoughts without having to impose self-censorship & because its content is created primarily by users.It is in question whether socialmedia, which has gained strength from its effect on the masses,reaches different segments of society. People who have common emotions, thoughts & opinions with themselves by sharing on social communication platforms & they turn into an active power by constituting a community with like-minded users.

Social interaction is becoming easier thanks to virtual environments, a situation that allows people to socialize in virtualenvironments. Separate from pressures originating from the super-ego, users can express themselves freely in virtual environments. Users getting together via virtual environments escapefrom their roles and can share freely.

Opinion, thought and tendencies shared about a message using digital tagging are likely to

broaden the scope of the message in a way hat can be seen by other users of Facebook &Twitterusers can directly involve a person in the issue by tagging content that they share. Such rapid access & admission of social media into ourl lives is closely associated with the changed experienced in the social sphere. The structure of social communication platforms has the ability to display the social structure of the current age.Social movements have flexible organizationational qualities , & it has been seen that social media is an instrument that enables flexible organization. In the name of social media movements, the internet has fully appeared as an alternative media. Alternative media has risen to prominence while the mainstream media remains inadequate & ineffective due to various reasons. Social media & networks developedby people not only constitute the parts of networksociety but also substitute the organized society ideal, which is not achieved at the basisof civil society through social media .As a result, social media is a magic wand thatdetermines structure of the society, forms abasis for polarizations and dissolutions & also ensures mergers & agreements.

On one hand social media allows people to express themselves, on the other hand it takes

their believability & reliabilities away trivializes them by objectifying. Main stream media"can be

formed within the frame of social media in one sense. Although this situation appears as if it has emerged by itself, attractiveness of the like button, a profile of friend/follower list that forces

participation lead people to become such that they have to plan all actions to be performed with a feeling of being kept underclose watch continually.

POINT B) Popular culture is the accumulation of cultural processess such as music, art, literature, fashion, dance, film, cyberculture, television & radio that are consumed by the majority of a society's population. Popular culture has mass accessibility & appeal. Traditionally, it was associated with lower classes and poor education as opposed to the "official culture" of the upper class.

Pop Culture vs. High Culture Pop culture is the culture of the people and it is accessible to the masses. High culture, on the other hand, isn't meant for mass consumption nor is it readily available to everyone. It belongs to the social elite. The fine arts, theater, opera, intellectual pursuits — these are associated with the upper socioeconomic strata and require more a high brow approach, training or reflection to be appreciated. Elements from this realm rarely cross over into pop culture. As such, high culture is considered sophisticated while popular culture is oftelooked down upon as being superficial.

Approx 200 videos were collected & analyzed, regression models were established that describe the number of Likes per view and the number of Dislikes per view as functions of different video features & production styles. Results show that the number of Likes per view can be predicted more reliably than the number of Dislikes per view. The number of Likes per view increases with higher video resolution & higher talking rate (words per second), . Videos using explanations on paper or whiteboard as well as videos that use more than one style attract more Likes per view. In contrast, the model that describes the number of Dislikes per view has a low adjusted R-squared and the contribution of its significant variables is rather difficult to interpret. This suggests that further research is required to understand users' behavior in terms of disliking an educational video.