Fan studies toward the information behavior of fan
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Fan studies, Fan, Information behaviorAbstract
This article presents issues of fan studies including characteristics of the fan, fan practices, and fan culture. The paper studied research papers, thesis, research article and academic article, both Thai and foreign languages concerning information behavior fan’s of fan. The study found that fan’s information need is about artists and activities. Information seeking is related to artists, how to support artists and activities. Fan use information to create fan art or fanfiction. The information problems found are copyright issues in creating fan art or fanfiction.
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