7. Resisting technology in music fandom: nostalgia, authenticity, and Kate Bush's "before the dawn"

Bennett, Lucy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-7596 2017. 7. Resisting technology in music fandom: nostalgia, authenticity, and Kate Bush's "before the dawn". Gray, Jonathan, Sandvoss, Cornel and Harrington, C. Lee, eds. Fandom, Second Edition: Identities and Communities in a Mediated World, New York: New York University Press, pp. 127-142. (10.18574/nyu/9781479845453.003.0010)

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Abstract

A striking development within fandom has been the ascent of digital technology, with it being “empowering and disempowering, blurring the lines between producers and consumers, creating symbiotic relationships between powerful corporations and individual fans, and giving rise to new forms of cultural production” (Pearson 2010: 84). The use of hand-held technology in particular has spurred changing notions of what it means to experience a live event for many fans, a prospect that has also been fostered by the ability to follow an event remotely, yet still feel a sense of “being there” (Bennett 2012b, 2014). This landscape of in situ ver-sus mediated audienceship has been prevalent across different forms of popular culture, from sports events during which fans tweet updates dur-ing play (Hutchins & Rowe 2013) to broadcasts of live theater productions in the cinema (Barker 2013). However, this chapter focuses specifically on live music concerts and how technology and fandom are currently converging within them. For many music fans, attending a live concert is a significant event within which they can enact, experience, and display the meanings and values of their fandom (Cavicchi 1998), resulting in the convergence of a personal and collective experience that unfolds live. However, the widespread use of technology has fostered a striking shap-ing of live music experiences for many attendees, with bright screens held aloft in the air—some in an effort to preserve moments of the live event, others to connect with fans non–physically present.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Journalism, Media and Culture
Publisher:	New York University Press
ISBN:	9781479845453
Last Modified:	09 Nov 2023 09:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/163524

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