Creating a pocket universe: “Shippers,” fan fiction, and the X‐Files online

Communication Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 238-257

  Scodari, Christine ^a   Felder, Jenna L ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 85070128954     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510970009388522     Document Type: Article

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