Media Convergence
Henry Jenkin's Convergence Culture
One of Jenkin's primary concern about media convergence is the opportunity it presents to media conglomerates to control media content.
Here are two sites that haven't been swallowed up by the big guys. Yet.
Fanfiction.net
LiveJournal
Regulating media content
Redefining intellectual property rights
Renegotiating relations between producers and consumers
Links of interest:
Music sharing community: YSI Leftovers
LiveJournal accounts setup: Click Here
Cassandra Clare
fanfiction -- Draco Trilogy: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
LJ -- The Gray book
Get a taste of REALLY bad fanfiction: Click Here