“Dreams are born on places like this”: The process of interpretive community formation at thefield of dreamssite

The Relationships of On-Site Film-Tourism Experiences, Satisfaction, and Behavioral Intentions: The Case of Asian Audience's Responses to a Korean Historical TV Drama

“…Roesch (2009) further highlighted that film-tourists took photographs to show the general film locations and to locate themselves there as well as simulated and even re-enacted the actions or scenes from the film in order to experience the filmed landscapes from the perspectives of the film's characters. Other film-tourists have been also confirmed to similar experiences (Aden, Rahoi, & Beck, 1995;Carl et al, 2007;Kim, 2010).…”

The Footy Girls of Tumblr: How Women Found Their Niche in the Online Football Fandom

“…Fans may also challenge the official “readings” (i.e., interpretations) of the clubs (Fiske, 1989), for example when evaluating the players’ actions. This ongoing negotiation of codes, which may be opaque to those outside the community, forms the basis of the community’s self-perception and continually reinforces it (Aden, Rahoi, & Beck, 1995). The more actively this process of interpreting “texts” takes place, the more community members develop a sense of belonging and a social identity (Anderson, 1991; Jenkins, 1992).…”

Space and time in the postmodern polity

“…The discursive practices of those visiting the field, as Aden, Rahoi, and Beck (1995) demonstrate, name a new space wherein participants engage one another in the creation of community "which provides a frame for their simultaneous interpretation of the field as real yet unreal" (p. 378). This paradox of reality/unreality promotes the imagination's play, just as a real ball field promotes the actual sport.…”