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Jayne C. Lammers
Much has been written about the youth experience of literacy learning when they create and share fanfiction online. Previous features on Reading Today Online have outlined what learning looks like for adolescent participants in Hunger Games fan spaces and have shed light on the particular writing practices recruited by sites like Fanfiction.net. However, less is known about the nature of teaching in these online, fan-based, informal learning environments. How do online spaces teach fans the expectations of digital literacy practices such as writing fanfiction?
