Beyond the Legitimation Paradox: Fanwork, UGC and the Problem of Authorship

Judith Fathallah

Beyond the Legitimation Paradox: Fanwork, UGC and the Problem of Authorship

Judith Fathallah

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Abstract

In 2017 I published ‘Fanfiction and the Author: How Fanfic Changes Popular Cultural Texts’ which proposed that fanfiction in the digital age legitimates itself paradoxically through reference to and affirmation of the traditional model of Romantic authorship. I established this via a large scale discourse analysis and quantitative study of reception. Now I contend that the new media environment poses some different challenges to the concept of authorship, via postmodern lenses such as fragmentation, flatness of affect, and pastiche especially in visual spaces. This poses series problems to the EU and UK’s present struggle over copyright law, which relies on a conception of authorship which is increasingly outdated in the digital world.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Fan Studies Network Conference
Publication status	Published - 29 Jun 2019
Event	Fan Studies Network 2019 - Portsmouth University, Portsmouth, United Kingdom Duration: 28 Jul 2019 → 29 Jul 2019

Conference

Conference	Fan Studies Network 2019
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Portsmouth
Period	28/07/19 → 29/07/19

Organization of Transformative Works Guest Post: Judith Fathallah
Fathallah, J. & Rebaza, C., 26 Jan 2019, Organization of Transformative Works and Cultures.
Research output: Other contribution › peer-review

Open Access
Digital fanfic in negotiation: LiveJournal, Archive of Our Own, and the affordances of read–write platforms
Fathallah, J., 31 Oct 2018, In: Convergence.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Won't somebody please think of the children? Or, South Park fanfic and the political realm
Fathallah, J., 29 May 2015, In: Journal of Youth Studies. 18, 10, p. 1309-1325
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Beyond the Legitimation Paradox: Fanwork, UGC and the Problem of Authorship

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Organization of Transformative Works Guest Post: Judith Fathallah

Digital fanfic in negotiation: LiveJournal, Archive of Our Own, and the affordances of read–write platforms

Won't somebody please think of the children? Or, South Park fanfic and the political realm

Cite this