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convergence culture,

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themselves, inevitably, in the middle of larger debates over morality, decency, justice, and the social good.

public sharing that shifts fannish interpretations from individual to collective responses.

capacity to solicit the participation of publics,

Benkler, Yochai. The Wealth of Networks:

encounter and rework historical antecedents particular to queer, especially gay male, sociality: chiefly cruising and hooking up.

traditional participatory cultures, which are equally important as sources and presences, and in which membership in the community counterbalances

I believe in and want social engagement because people are, need to be and benefit from being socially interdependent.