Nancy Baym, Ph.D. is an American academic, currently an Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Kansas. She is a co-founder and former president of the Association of Internet Researchers, and serves on the board of several academic journals covering new media and communication. She is the author of "Tune In, Log On: Soaps, Fandom, and Online Community" (2000), a book which performs an ethnographic analysis on soap opera fans, … Wikipedia
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