@inproceedings{9e280646b8024b129628630cd401cf29,
title = "TwitterPlay: A case study of fan roleplaying online",
abstract = "Using the highly anticipated release of the film version of {"}The Hunger Games{"} series as a case study, this study explores online fan community practices that employ the technological affordances of Twitter. We examine roleplaying practices that extend the Hunger Games story for roleplayers and fans. We conducted a discourse analysis examining the practices of active roleplayers, who interact with thousands of other fans and fellow players to continue their experience of the story, and engage in what we term Twitter play. Our findings illustrate how roleplayers are able to use Twitter to expand their experience of media and story. By examining roleplayers' use of Twitter affordances, we find that these performers not only exhibit deep knowledge of their characters and the narrative, but also of Twitter, demonstrated by expanding the uses of the service's affordances to playfully connect the story with popular culture and current events.",
keywords = "Fan-fiction, Play, Roleplaying, Twitter",
author = "Magee, {Rachel M.} and Melinda Sebastian and Alison Novak and Mascaro, {Christopher M.} and Alan Black and Goggins, {Sean P.}",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1145/2441955.2442005",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781450313322",
series = "Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery",
pages = "199--202",
booktitle = "CSCW 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work Companion",
address = "United States",
note = "2013 2nd ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work Companion, CSCW 2013 ; Conference date: 23-02-2013 Through 27-02-2013",
}