TY - JOUR AU - Baym, Nancy K. PY - 2007/08/06 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The new shape of online community: The example of Swedish independent music fandom JF - First Monday JA - FM VL - 12 IS - 8 SE - DO - 10.5210/fm.v12i8.1978 UR - https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/1978 SP - AB - Online groups are taking new forms as participants spread themselves amongst multiple Internet and offline platforms. The multinational online community of Swedish independent music fans exemplifies this trend. This participant-observation analysis of this fandom shows how sites are interlinked at multiple levels, and identifies several implications for theorists, researchers, developers, industry and independent professionals, and participants. ER -