Taylor Swift: Audience and Industries blog tasks
Audience Background and audience wider reading Read this Guardian feature on stan accounts and fandom . Answer the following questions: 1) What examples of fandom and celebrities are provided in the article? In the decades since, it’s become a catchall term for people who base their entire online existence around a specific fandom: Lady Gaga’s Little Monsters, Beyoncé’s Bey Hive, Taylor Swift’s Swifties, and Nicki Minaj’s Barbs. 2) Why did Taylor Swift run into trouble with her fanbase? When the presale for Taylor Swift’s tour turned into a battle royale for fans locked out of Ticketmaster’s system, frazzled Swifties voiced their disappointment. Ticketmaster and Swift quickly apologized, with the singer calling the process excruciating 3) Do stan accounts reflect Clay Shirky's ideas regarding the 'end of audience'? How? Stan accounts are like roving reporters in that they comment on the action live and as it happens, Stans don’t just root for their i...