Modern Zines: Influence of Methods of Distribution on Formation of Reading Communities

Student: Ovsiannikova Viktoriia

Educational Programme: Applied Cultural Studies (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2021

The study considers the influence of modes of distribution on the formation of zine communities. It contains a comparative analysis of the ways of spreading zines by the example of the Russian experience. Zine stores and galleries help to trace visually how the communication of the local community that accumulates around them is organized and how important this community is to them. Zines are becoming a part of mass culture, so reading communities are considered here as a format of interaction between authors and fans of zines that is not limited by the usual (and already outdated) subcultural frameworks for zine culture.

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