I found Sandvoss’ analysis of the interaction of readers – fans in the instance – and texts very interesting. According to the author, readers to not simply sheepishly accept everything they read, they creatively work with it, using information from different sources and media. This intertextuality seems to have been emphasized a lot thanks to the immergence and convergence of new media, especially the internet.
I have been wondering how this type of “conversation” with texts, biblical texts or Christian literature, would be possible in today’s Christianity, and what it could look like. Sadly, it seems the main ingredient for this, passion, is missing.
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