The reading references a facet of fan fiction in which fans of a particular text role play the characters from the text and represent themselves as that character online on social networking sites such as MySpace. In the example used the user has claimed several experiences as their own, the experiences being described however are the experiences of a character from ‘Gilmore Girls’ a popular television series (Booth 2008, p. 515).
The reading references the increased crossover between media forms (Booth 2008, p.515) as media increasingly moves online fans are finding new ways to display their passion for texts they enjoy. This example of online role play of a character is similar to the concept of cosplay in which fans of a text dress as characters from television shows and films usually to attend conventions.
In the case of people imitating the lives of others online, the offline identities are not mentioned, it is as if the fictional character is actually running the account on the social network. The offline existence is sidelined for the online one (Booth 2008, p.519)
References
Booth, Paul(2008) 'Rereading Fandom: MySpace Character Personas and Narrative Identification',
Critical Studies in Media Communication, 25: 5, 514 — 536
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