The J. R. Ward Forum: An Exercise in Hyperreality
The J. R. Ward Forum: An Exercise in Hyperreality

Summary/Abstract: This paper explores the on-line forum of popular fiction writer J. R. Ward from the point of view of Jean Baudrillard's concept of hyperreality.It analyzes this hyperreal contact zone between author and fans as a space where borders and identities become blurred, and recreated, a space where we may be able to talk across our differences and find common points of interest through our fantasies, to paraphrase Henry Jenkins in Convergence Culture, a space where the powerful and the disenfranchised struggle over meaning and validation.

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