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The Archers: an everyday story of old and new media

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posted on 2023-06-08, 15:49 authored by Lyn Thomas
This article explores the evolving relationship between the world’s oldest radio soap opera – The Archers – and the online spaces around the programme created on the BBC Archers website, particularly the fan cultures that have developed on its messageboards. It considers continuities and changes in listeners’ relation- ships with the experience of radio soap opera which result from participation in these cultures and the availability of the programme online. This article then pro- vides detailed analysis of the nature and functioning of the fan cultures which have colonised the BBC ‘Discuss The Archers’ board, and relates this discussion both to Bourdieu’s theories of cultural distinction and to the broader field of fan studies. This article concludes by discussing the struggles for meaning which result from the clash of different versions of fandom online.

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Publication status

  • Published

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  • Published version

Journal

Radio Journal

ISSN

1476-4504

Publisher

Intellect

Issue

1

Volume

7

Page range

49-66

Department affiliated with

  • Media and Film Publications

Full text available

  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2013-09-18

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2013-09-18

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