Generation Bubble

Ur Gr8est Fan (4 2day N E Way): "Microstardom," "Tactical Fandom" and the Attention Economy

Over at the P2P Foundation site, Michel Bauwens presents this meditation by one Julian Kücklich. Kücklich considers how social media have engendered “microstardom” and “tactical fandom,” twin phenomena that, as he writes, “[call] into question the classical power relationship between fans and stars.” This “classical power relationship,” the point of departure of his discussion, Kücklich [...]