The scans and their subcultural and collaborative environment

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2017.1.24841

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Scans, Collaborative Cultura, New Media

Abstract

The scans are the expression of a subculturalcollaborative practice of illegal scanning that deals with the fandom of Comics. This article will examine this practice and its users/members through data obtained between 2012 and 2014 in communities dedicated to scans and the analysis of the information collected seeking to explain how the production routines and distribution of scans works - how it is expressed through blogs, communities and forums dedicated to this practice. Through these data we suggest that the scan emerges as media-collaborative artifact and subcultural practice: a unforeseen expansion of a cultural artifact and instance that merges participation and collaboration as part of involvement and belonging.

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Alexandre Honorio da Silva, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)

Doutor pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (PPGCOM/UFPE), Mestre em Ciências Sociais pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Sociais da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (PGCS/UFRN) e Graduado em Comunicação Social, habilitado ao Jornalismo, pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (DECOM/UFRN).

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2017-01-02

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da Silva, A. H. (2017). The scans and their subcultural and collaborative environment. Revista FAMECOS, 24(1), ID24841. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2017.1.24841

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Vol. 24 No. 1 (2017)

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Cyberculture

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