The first week we discussed technology as a part of our culture and how it 's become something now days that 's essential to us whereas the reading "How to Stop Worrying and Learn to love the Internet (1999)" where people were just introduced to the phenomenal that is technology e.g mobiles, computers etc, at the time would help those who are anxious about using around that day and age. We had widely discussed and compared how technology has differed and how we have also, some pointed out how they couldn 't life without their phones because they would be "lost" as if the mobile phone was an extension of themselves which I found hard hitting but true because discussion and topic really made me aware of the cultural changes we have experienced
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In the sketch you can see already there 's are negative connotations associated with "fandom" (which consists of taste, class and gender) the actors dressed like stereotype 'nerds ' as in wearing glasses, acting like shy and wearing Star Trek memorabilia e.g . We answered some questions that were given to us in the lectures for instance "what are the production team trying to about fandom" I wrote that it 's was an easy to follow so you could become a fan of the show easily, gatekeeper - so it 's easy for a fan to relate because there are fans in this episode. In class we learned that early doctor who fans would make their own doctor who comic books and showed great quality in work that has been put into the comics, this links to Star Trek fans making their own fan based episodes after Star Trek ended. These episodes would consist of fans even getting in touch with costume and set designers from the original show themselves finding out how to recreate certain props and costumes so that their episodes can be seen more authentic as possible, this module gave me the impression that fans can dedicate almost worship the discourse in discussion and gave me a real insight into the world of fandom and who media convergence and collective intelligence can
In the sketch you can see already there 's are negative connotations associated with "fandom" (which consists of taste, class and gender) the actors dressed like stereotype 'nerds ' as in wearing glasses, acting like shy and wearing Star Trek memorabilia e.g . We answered some questions that were given to us in the lectures for instance "what are the production team trying to about fandom" I wrote that it 's was an easy to follow so you could become a fan of the show easily, gatekeeper - so it 's easy for a fan to relate because there are fans in this episode. In class we learned that early doctor who fans would make their own doctor who comic books and showed great quality in work that has been put into the comics, this links to Star Trek fans making their own fan based episodes after Star Trek ended. These episodes would consist of fans even getting in touch with costume and set designers from the original show themselves finding out how to recreate certain props and costumes so that their episodes can be seen more authentic as possible, this module gave me the impression that fans can dedicate almost worship the discourse in discussion and gave me a real insight into the world of fandom and who media convergence and collective intelligence can