![]() ![]() The preceding analysis shows that fanfiction techniques are used rigorously and consistently, while the role of the Buffy fans in the series is mirrored by merely cliché characters. This role is outlined twofold, through the use of fanfiction techniques in the scripts, and through the characters that are supposed to represent the fans. Buffy the Vampire Slayer interacts with their fans at a high level, and the fans play a very strong role in the series. An epilogue summarizes the results and answers the research question. The reasons to reduce the whole 144 episodes of the series to this last 44 episodes are multiple: to begin with it is beyond the scope of a master's thesis, to look into the totally of 144 episodes at 45 minutes each further the series itself offers a break between the first five seasons and the remaining two due to a channel change and the consequently new targeted groups further on the study of these 44 episodes allows of a continuity while the threefold totally of the whole series would have been unmanageable and finally, these seasons offer two new character groups, the aforementioned Trio and Potentials, that correlate perfectly with the usual clichés and associations regarding fans and fandom. The investigation is limited to the last two seasons of the series: Season 6 and Season 7 (first airdate 2001-2003). Secondly, the series characters, to take over the role of fans in the series: "Trio" and Potential", are closely explored. Firstly, the use of fanfiction techniques proofs their close contact with the fan base. The third part presents the research process and results to the research question: "How are the fans of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer represent in the series." The investigation focuses on two aspects. This interaction forms part of this research. The series is also known by a high level of interaction with the fan community. On the other hand, the series drove right from the beginning the attention of the academic world to the product for its use of text and subtext. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is in one hand a popular youth series about the daily horror of growing up, disguised as a battle against vampires and other demons. The series was chosen due to the broad reception, both in academic circles as well as by the non-academic fans. In the second part of the work deals in more detail with the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The production of fanfiction, being this one of the main bases of research, is discussed in more detail. Some fundamental aspects of television production techniques and their interrelations with the target group, as well as the distinction between audience and fandom, an essential feature of the work shows, will be discussed. Different approaches, both academic and media studies as well as psychopathological, are offered. In the first part, after an introduction about the research process, and the requirements and difficulties of the investigation of a television series, an overview of the phenomenon of fandom from different perspectives is given. This Master Thesis deals with the phenomena of "fans" and "fandom" in mainstream television.
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