Henry Jenkins and fandom

Jenkins' key ideas:

Fans/fandom- group of people showing their love for a particular thing,e.g. a film. Fandom = community (more active)
Knowledge communities- places where fans can meet online and share their knowledge of their subject also brings into play the idea of cultural capital to understand the 'knowledge', e.g. forums, fan-sites.
Collective thinking- the sets of rules; what can and can't be said on fan-sites, how they often have a hierarchy but are still self-governed.
Transmedia- different forms of the film produced by fans, e.g. fanfiction, parodies, fanart
Social and cultural convergence- when fans come together socially and form their own culture. Web 2.0 has facilitated this and made it happen on a large scale.
Cultural production-When fans make fan-made products to share online, i.e. the end product.