Does anyone have numbers on whether fandom has attenuated at all over the last ten years? Are the cultural bonds normal to fandom, like small chat rooms, fansites, and community forums measurably weaker? How much of this is displacement due to social media? Is it possible to study the impact on happiness and wellbeing that such displacement might create? Are the kids collectively more depressed and anxious because we lost online third spaces?
Joshua Achiam asks whether fandom and online community bonds have weakened
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Joshua Achiam asks whether fandom has measurably weakened over the past decade, including chat rooms, fansites, and forums. He also asks how much social media displacement explains it, and whether lost online third spaces relate to rising youth depression and anxiety.
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