1st Edition

Fan Podcasts Rewatch, Recap, Review

By Anne Korfmacher Copyright 2024
238 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

Starting from the observation of the ubiquity of fan podcasts engaging in media commentary, this book explores three fan podcast genres in which commentary manifests as a structuring form: rewatch and reread podcasts, recap podcasts, and review podcasts. The author conducts a formalist genre analysis of these podcasts, close reading nine case studies to describe how the three genres function... Read more

1.     Introduction

2.     The Affordances of the Commentary Form

3.     Rewatch and Reread Podcasts: The Return to the Text

4.     Recap Podcasts: The Co-construction of the Text

5.     Review Podcasts: The Evaluation of the Text

6.     Conclusion: Paying Attention to Form

Biography

Anne Korfmacher holds a PhD in English Philology from the University of Cologne, Germany.

"Korfmacher lucidly dissects fan commentary podcasts teasing out the relationship between genre and form. In applying literary and media theory, and providing a rich contextualisation of podcasting research, this book explores the social and cultural architecture of fan commentary podcasts through rigorous analyses of the aural mechanics."

Dr Dario Llinares, Ravensbourne University, London