Commsphere
Vol. 1 No. I (2023): Commsphere

CULTURE PATTERNS OF BTS FANS IN THE DIGITAL ERA ON THE @INDOMY TWITTER

Desmiati, Desmiati (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Mar 2023

Abstract

This article aims to examine the ARMY fandom and see how the new fan culture in the digital era is implemented on the social media Twitter account @INDOMY. This research used method of etnography virtual by Christine Hine (2015). There are two data collection techniques used, namely exploring field sites on the Twitter account @INDOMY and literature review of previous research as additional data to complete research information needs. The results of the study show that fan culture can be seen from four things in the context of the field of fandom on the internet: 1) communication, showing that fans use virtual identities in communicating and producing fan speaking and fan jokes. 2) creativity, fans generate various forms of creative production i.e., memes, fan edits, fan covers and fan fiction, 3) knowledge, in this area the fan base is responsible for providing information to fandom members, and 4) civic power, fans success through fan projects consisting of fan streaming, fan voting, birthday projects and charity activities through donations made by fans. Keywords: Fandom; Fans Culture; Twitter; ARMY.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JKU

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

Commsphere: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi is an open access, and peer-reviewed journal. Our main goal is to disseminate current and original articles from researchers and practitioners on various contemporary communication issues (but not limited) such as media studies, mass communication and journalism, ...