10. What form does fanzine/DIY culture take today?
'A fanzine (also called a zine) is an amateur publication created by fans, and circulated for a low cost (to cover production expenses) or free of charge...originally hand-drafted or typed on a manual typewriter and printed using primitive reproduction techniques' (Knowledge, 2011). However, as we've seen from earlier postings of mine, 'as with all areas of publishing, the Internet has had a tremendous impact within the areas of fanzines...the ease with which a website can be set up by almost anyone and then put into the public domain has led to a huge number of sites being established that could very easily be described as a form of zine publication' (Stoneman, 2001). I don't believe this should come as a particular surprise; the use of software to assemble and the internet to distribute fanzines is considerably more benefical to the publisher for many reasons. Of course despite the changes there is still a niche market for traditional fanzines; 'many fans of printed zines feel the object-in-hand is part of the total experience' (Fanlore, 2011).
FANLORE, 2011. Zines and the Internet [online] [viewed online 8 May 2011]. Available from: http://fanlore.org/wiki/Zines_and_the_Internet
KNOWLEDGE RUSH, 2011. Fanzine [online] [viewed 8 May 2011]. Available from: http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/Fanzine/
STONEMAN, P., 2001. Fanzines: Their Production, Culture and Future [online] [viewed 8 May 2011]. Available from: http://www.lundwood.u-net.com/fandissy/fdtitle.html
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