Rhetorical Analysis of Internet-Based Communities

Fanfiction comprises plots and stories created and shared by people who enjoy certain movies, television shows, cable programs, and other narrative forms. Visit www.fanfiction.net and choose a community to visit—pick one for a work that you know well. Read through some submissions, then click on the number next to “Reviews” under a story. (You have to click through to “open” a story in order to make the reviews number into a hyperlink.) Then visit the Archive of Our Own at https://archiveofourown.org/ Review how the Organization for Transformative Works organization operates at https://archiveofourown.org/about What purpose do these fanfictions fill? Who is the audience for the selections that you read? What function do the reviews play in forming a community of fanfiction writers, if any? How do reviews and/or submissions work together to create a community around these fanfiction texts and the original works that serve as a basis for the posts? What are some differences that you see between the non-branded site and the branded one? What are some marketing possibilities that you see happening through fanfiction?