Fan Fiction Annotated Bibliography
Baron, N. Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile World. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. Print.
In our viritual community, people still need to have a way of communicating their words and messages. This is done through a keyboard -- texting, email, or online chat. Texting, or text messaging, is a modern colloquial term that refers to the exchange of information between mobile devices, made possible by transmitting messages through cellular networks. Typically, these types of messages are sent using a Short Message Service (SMS), but with the advances in cellular technology and memory, a new Multimedia Message Service (MMS) made it possible to send messages containing images, video, and sound. Email of course is simply messaging sent through an Internet account, and IM the virtual equivalent of texting. more private even than voice (Crystal 2009).
Texting is a global phenomenon, and in some countries (Hong Kong for instance) has replaced voice minutes -- users are literally glued to their text machines, often forming large, complex social networks simply through text. As an industry product, texting is the most widely used of all mobile data services, with at up to 40% of all mobile phone users in the United States send...
In the United States, for instance, the market share for text availability is 98% of purchased cell phones.
Burns, E. And C. Webber. "When Harry met Bella: Fanfiction is all the Rage, but is it Plagiarism or the perfect thing to encourage young writers?" School
School Library Journal 55.8 (2009): 26-9. Print.
Fan fiction is its own world in which fans create stories using characters, setting and events from their favorite books, comics, movies, television or other media. Anything is possible, combining characters like Harry Potter and Luke Skywalker, and more. Sometimes it is dismissed as being poorly written and simply plagiarizing other authors' ideas. However, this article takes a different approach and says that teachers should encourage not only the reading of fan fiction, but also writing and exploring literary techniques using favorite characters. Of course, one must also teach how to vet sources, how not to plagiarize, but more important, accounting to Burns and Webber, is simply getting students to write and explore language.
Gaiman, N. How to Talk to Girls at Parties. Seattle: Amazon Digital, 2013. Web. December 2013. .
This is a small book, primarily available electronically, that is…
