Teen nerdfighters: An exploration of engagement in a complex fan community

Waugh, Amanda

doi:10.1002/pra2.2017.14505401171

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“…The questionnaire was elaborated using Google Forms and shared in Facebook groups, YouTube comment sections, subreddits and a discord server; all integrated/created by Nerdfighters. The decision to base the data collection on a convenient selection strategy and snowball selection comes from the attempt to view the community as multi-modal in its interactions (Waugh, 2017), even if the focus of the study is the knowledge construction taking place in YouTube. The original goal is to reach 250 answers, in order to maintain a sampling error of 6.2% or less.…”

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An exploration of virtual learning communities as a possible response to educational disenchantment: Learning in Nerdfighteria

Mena¹

2022

Retos Educativos Para Un Desarrollo Humano Integral

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This chapter dwells into the possible correlation between experiencing educational disenchantment in formal education and feeling a sense of belonging and active learning in virtual learning communities (VLCs), specifically the community Nerdfighteria. By closely exanimating the community and applying a Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient Test from data acquired through a questionnaire, a moderate correlation was found among both components demonstrating a diversity among participants and community members. However, the information provided by participants and observation of community virtual interactions allowed the possibility to understand virtual learning communities as a response to educational disenchantment, in the way that they point out to larger societal problems and spaces that solve personal dissatisfaction, in this case with the broad educational standardized system. This was done as an effort to comprehend learning as a social endeavor and virtual interaction as a rich space for analysis of human interaction, both virtually and physically

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