Young, Female, Single…?
A Study of
Demographics
and
Writing-/Reading-Habits
of
Fanfiction Writers and Readers
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This is an online study I did. About 550 writers and 550 readers of fanfiction from all over the world participated. This is the translation of the original work, which was written in German.You can read the summary of the results or read the complete work. Here's the table of contents:
INTRODUCTION
1 Fanfiction
1.1 Definition
1.2 History
1.2.1 Early days
1.2.2 Further development
1.2.3 Emergence of internal cultures and specialization
1.3 Motives for writing fanfiction
1.4 Stigmatization of fans and writers/readers of fanfiction
1.5 Types of fanfiction
2 Slash Fanfiction
2.1 Definition
2.2 History
2.3 Motives for writing slash fanfiction
2.4 Slash and the gay community
2.5 Femmeslash
3 Demography of media users
3.1 Demography of internet users
3.1.1 Number of internet users
3.1.2 Frequency and duration of using the Internet
3.1.3 Purpose of use
3.1.4 Age of Internet users
3.1.5 Gender of Internet users
3.1.6 Education of Internet users
3.1.7 Other demographic characteristics of Internet users
3.2 Demography of book readers
3.2.1 Number of book readers
3.2.2 Frequency and duration of reading books
3.2.3 Purpose of use
3.2.4 Age of book readers
3.2.5 Gender of book readers
3.2.6 Education of book readers
3.2.7 Other demographic characteristics of book readers
3.3 Demography of TV viewers
3.3.1 Number of TV viewers
3.3.2 Frequency and duration of watching TV
3.3.3 Purpose of use
3.3.4 Age of TV viewers
3.3.5 Gender of TV viewers
3.3.6 Relation between the three types of media
3.4 Demography of TV show fans
3.4.1 Popularity of TV shows in the US
3.4.2 Popularity of TV shows in Germany
3.4.3 Age of TV show fans
3.4.4 Gender of TV show fans
3.4.5 Education of TV show fans
3.4.6 Other demographic characteristics of TV show fans
3.5 Demography of fanfiction readers
3.5.1 Number of fanfiction readers
3.5.2 Frequency and duration of reading fanfiction
3.5.3 Purpose of use
3.5.4 Age of fanfiction readers
3.5.5 Gender of fanfiction readers
3.5.6 Other demographic characteristics of fanfiction readers
3.6 Demography of fanfiction writers
3.6.1 Number of fanfiction writers
3.6.2 Frequency and duration of writing fanfiction
3.6.3 Age of fanfiction writers
3.6.4 Gender of fanfiction writers
3.6.5 Other demographic characteristics of fanfiction writers
3.6.6 Demographic characteristics of slash writers
EMPIRICAL STUDY
4 Methods
4.1 Central goal and research questions
4.2 Design of the study
4.3 Instruments
4.4 Selection of participants
4.5 Procedure
4.6 Data analysis
5 Results
5.1 Description of sample
5.1.1 Response rate and missing data
5.1.2 Demographic characteristics
5.1.3 Representativity of the sample
5.2 Writing and reading habits
5.2.1 Preferred type of fanfiction
5.2.2 Reading/writing experience
5.2.3 Specific aspects and preferences
5.3 Answers to the research questions (fanfiction writers)
5.3.1 Writing habits and age
5.3.2 Writing habits and gender
5.3.3 Writing habits and marital status
5.3.4 Writing habits and nationality
5.3.5 Writing habits and sexual orientation
5.3.6 Beta readers
5.3.7 Stigmatization or support?
5.4 Answers to the research questions (fanfiction readers)
5.4.1 Reading habits and age
5.4.2 Reading habits and gender
5.4.3 Reading habits and marital status
5.4.4 Reading habits and nationality
5.4.5 Reading habits and sexual orientation
5.4.6 Stigmatization or support?
6 Discussion
6.1 Summary and interpretation of results
6.1.1 Summary of the study
6.1.2 Results of the research questions
6.1.3 Comparison with literature and previous research
6.2 Discussion of methods
7 References
