[Commlist] TWC 42, on Fandoms and Platforms published

TWC's issue 42 on “Fandoms and Platforms 
<https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/issue/view/81>” 
has been released! This issue focuses on how the online spaces fans use 
influence and shape fan activity.

The essays in this issue focus on “The platform as the foundation of 
digital media”, as well as “fan activity of various kinds [which is] 
built upon and through specific spaces, technologies, and cultural 
norms”.  Each issue includes articles representing theory, fannish meta, 
and book reviews. This issue groups its articles into three broad 
categories: architecture, community, and power. Some examples include:

  * "It's not your tumblr": Commentary-style tagging practices in fandom
    communities

<https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/2475>
  * Discord as a fandom platform: Locating a new playground

<https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/2473>
  * The fading of the elves: Techno-volunteerism and the disappearance
    of Tolkien fan fiction archives

<https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/2467>
  * "One day longer, one day stronger": Online platforms, fan support
    and the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes

<https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/2609>

The next issue of TWC, No. 43, is a general issue. It will appear on 
September 15, 2024. Following that, our special issue on "Centering 
blackness in Fan Studies" will be released.


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