A cultura participativa e as práticas de letramentos de fãs de ficção: uma investigação empírica

Abstract

This article presents an empirical investigation with exploratory studies approach and some elements of virtual ethnography about participatory culture and digital literacies practices fanfictions. Therefore, made use of participative observation and researcher of daily record for the collection research data about the interactions of fanfictions in an online social network group and a national website specializing in narrative of fanfictions. The aim of this empirical research was to identify how participatory culture established in the digital literacies practices of fanfictions in these virtual environments. To guide the participative observation the researcher were identified some research questions: 1) How participatory culture influences the digital literacies practices of fiction fans in the virtual spaces? 2) What are the motivations of fanfictions to develop their narratives? The interpretation of the data collected will be in dialogue with the theoretical framework that involves the participatory culture and digital literacies and goes beyond disciplinary boundaries to dialogue with Applied Linguistics (IN) discipline that enables an analysis of the discursive and social practices in virtual environment.