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“Among teens with dating experience, 76% say they have never dated someone they first met online, but one-in-four (24%) have dated or hooked up with someone they initially encountered online.” --Dating in the Digital Age

Anderson, M. (2015, October 01). Teen Voices: Dating in the Digital Age. Retrieved September 25, 2017, from http://www.pewinternet.org/online-romance/

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“Facebook remains the most used social media site among American teens ages 13 to 17 with 71% of all teens using the site, even as half of teens use Instagram and four-in-ten use Snapchat.” --Teens, Social Media & Technology Overview 2015

Lenhart, A. (2015, April 08). Teens, Social Media & Technology Overview 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2017, from http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/04/09/teens-social-media-technology-2015/

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“Fully 57% of teens ages 13 to 17 have made a new friend online,with 29% of teens indicating that they have made more than five new friends in online venues. Most of these friendships stay in the digital space; only 20% of all teens have met an online friend in person.” --Teens, Technology and Friendships

Lenhart, A. (2015, August 06). Teens, Technology and Friendships. Retrieved September 25, 2017, from http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/08/06/teens-technology-and-friendships/

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From Teens and Mobile Apps Privacy:

“51% of teen apps users have avoided certain apps due to privacy concerns.

26% of teen apps users have uninstalled an app because they found out it was collecting personal information that they didn’t wish to share.

46% of teen apps users have turned off location tracking features on their cell phone or in an app because they were worried about the privacy of their information.”

Madden, M., Lenhart, A., Cortesi, S., & Gasser, U. (2013, August 21). Teens and Mobile Apps Privacy. Retrieved September 25, 2017, from http://www.pewinternet.org/2013/08/22/teens-and-mobile-apps-privacy/

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Sometimes, fan will discriminate against certain groups for various reasons (such as not being knowledgeable enough on certain content related subjects). In this post, I have included an example of reverse fan discrimination. At a wand shop in the UK intended for “real wizards”, Harry Potter fans are being turned away for their over enthusiasm and desire to take objects that are special to a certain group of people and claiming them as their own for a different reason.

The owner of the store commented,

“‘I don’t have customers who have been Harry Potterfied,” the Huddersfield shop owner said. “If I had someone come in wanting a wand just because they liked Harry Potter I would not sell them one, no matter how much they were offering.’

Carter says his wands are used for spells, for drawing protective circles and as good luck charms.

‘You wouldn’t believe how many real witches and wizards there are knocking about,’ he said. ‘You would be amazed.’

‘They know they can come here and reveal themselves without people thinking they’re mental,’ the added.”

So in this case, the store owner is protecting his own customers (or fans) by discriminating against the Harry Potter fans.

https://www.rt.com/viral/355003-muggle-discrimination-harry-potter-wands/

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Oftentimes, fans will take the opportunity to express themselves through creating artwork inspired by the show or series that they admire. One article comments on how Harry Potter fans are taking it upon themselves to create illustrations and artwork that imagines the characters as different races and ethnicities, in order to promote diversity that was not apparent in the original text or movies.

From the article:

“It’s not unusual; fandoms are, perhaps confusingly, just as obsessed with changing things to their liking as they are about the importance of canon. Harry Potter fans have been reimagining Rowling’s characters — especially the “Golden Trio” of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger — for years, drawing, writing, and characterizing them as different races, ethnicities, religions, sexualities, and genders from those assigned to them (or, often, not assigned to them) in Rowling’s books and the subsequent eight films.”

https://www.inverse.com/article/34216-harry-potter-fan-art-racebend-jk-rowling-diversity-fandom-20-years

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The Mode of Enactment refers to what is considered high vs low culture. While some books and movies create trends that only last a short while, others survive beyond their initial release, Harry Potter might be making the transition to higher culture. This is suggested in an article written by the New York Times about how influential this franchise has been.

“For those who may call it the end of civilization, or at least the demise of high culture, a new study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology may provide reason for pause. Researchers from several European universities found that reading Harry Potter may make young people more tolerant. In the study “The greatest magic of Harry Potter: Reducing prejudice,” psychologists led by Loris Vezzali at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia say that reading “Harry Potter” improves attitudes toward stigmatized groups, such as immigrants, gays and refugees.”

https://op-talk.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/17/can-harry-potter-change-the-world/

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New methods of reading, writing, and sharing for young people: “Digital Technologies have created opportunities for individuals to create, distribute, and read multimodal texts with ease and enthusiasm” (Williams & Zenger, 2012, 1)

An opportunity for collaboration, and even a new set of social behaviors: “The collaborative and interactive opportunities offered by new technologies emphasize the social contexts of literacy with an immediacy and power far different than in the era of the printed page. A blog provides an explicit interaction between writer and reader quite different than writing in a print journal, for example.” (Williams & Zenger, 2012, 6)

Williams & Zenger. New Media Literacies and Participatory Popular Culture Across Borders. (2012). Culture and Literacy in a Networked World. doi:10.4324/9780203803745

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Sometimes gaining social capital within a fandom requires a significant amount of time and energy. In the Harry Potter fandom, this is especially easy to see with some of their “super fans”. One fan, named Steve Petrick, was featured on a show titled Superfans! A Tom Felton Documentary for his investment in collecting. Interestingly, the show is hosted by a prominent Harry Potter actor, and he even had an opportunity to meet the author J.K. Rowling.

“Tom Felton, the actor behind Harry Potter’s nemesis Draco Malfoy, wanted to know more about Petrick’s obsession. He traveled to his Pittsburgh home to find out why Petrick connects with the Harry Potter universe. In Superfans! A Tom Felton Documentary, Petrick talks about the impact the books have had on his life and what happened when he met author J.K. Rowling.”

http://fusion.net/video/209890/tom-felton-harry-potter-superfan-documentary-fusion/