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- Title
Sherlock fans talk: Mediatized talk on tumblr.
- Authors
Petersen, Line Nybro
- Abstract
In this article I propose that we can understand talk and conversation in Sherlock (2010) fandom on the micro-blogging site tumblr in three ways: (1) talk through appropriation, (2) talk through interpretation and (3) talk through imitation, and that we can see these through examples of mediatized talk. Sherlock is a popular 90-minute BBC TV series about Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective, Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, John Watson, in a contemporary setting. I apply mediatization theory to analyse how specific media logic and affordances shape the way in which fans talk and interact on this social media platform. Furthermore, the analysis includes theory from fan studies and audience studies in order to understand the cultural logic of fan communities, as mediatization is understood as a non-linear, dual process of transformation. Fans use textual narratives, fan-made narratives, popular memes and role playing when carrying out conversations. When these fan practices are intersected with the media logic and affordances of tumblr, conversations become complex, textually layered and use a variety of technological expressions, and, as such, these conversations become mediatized.
- Subjects
SHERLOCK (TV program); MICROBLOGS; TUMBLR (Web resource); TELEVISION programs; MYSTERY television programs; MASS media
- Publication
Northern Lights: Film & Media Studies Yearbook, 2014, Vol 12, Issue 1, p87
- ISSN
1601-829X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1386/nl.12.1.87_1