Glee Fandom and Twitter: Something New, or More of the Same Old Thing?

Communication Studies

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 328-344

  Wood, Megan M ^a,b   Baughman, Linda ^a  

^a CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fandom; Glee; New Media; Television; Transmedia Storytelling; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863436230     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510974.2012.674618     Document Type: Article

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