A work · 1997 · Assembled fandom
The boy band
Bands assembled for a market, with fan clubs, fan voting, fan merchandise and fan-financed releases.
Fandom reorganised as an economic instrument. The fan stopped being an audience and became a funding mechanism, which is the single most consequential change in the whole file.
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