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Comunicar Journal 25: Quality Television (Vol. 13 - 2005)

The excessive spectator (fan) and the communities online: studies of reception and mediatic education in «Big Brother»

https://doi.org/10.3916/C25-2005-048

Daniel Aranda

Abstract

The goal of the communication is to present the results of a research on a group of excessive spectators (fans) of Big Brother who use a forum of discussion in the network as a tool of socialization and pleasure. y suggest extending the traditional proposals that relate communication and education with the tools of the reception and cultural studies.

Keywords

Media education, television, mass culture, Big Brother