PLVN: Teens Online
November 12, 2015
Today we had the pleasure of speaking about the way teens connect and create online to the Public Library Victoria Network (PLVN) Children and Youth Service Group at the State Library Victoria. The group was provided an introduction to fan fiction and vlogging and as such the information is intended as a starting point.
Fanfiction
Where to find fanfiction?
Basic Key Terms:
Canon – The original literary piece. Pre-canon and post-canon fan-fictions are stories set before or after the original storyline respectively. AU - Alternate Universes draw characters out of their traditional (canon) setting and into new worlds with new rules. OTP – ‘one true pairing’ – the relationship a fan supports the most. Slash – stories involving pairing two male or female characters together
More definitions can be found here.
Check these fanfics out:
- Abaddon (Supernatural fic)
- The Dare (Harry Potter fic)
- Picture This (Gaston and Belle fic)
Further reading:
- 11 Things to Know When Getting into Fanfiction
- Fan Fiction and Copyright; Mutually Exclusive, Coexistable or Something Else?
- Fanficiton 101: A quick and dirty introduction (has some library applications)
- Fanfiction as Sex Ed
YouTube
Teens embrace video content as
- Fun
- Free
- Community
- Connection
- Recommendations
Vloggers (with book deals - link takes you to their YouTube channel)
- Zoella
- Tyler Oakley
- Grace Helbig
- Shane Dawson
- Carrie Hope Fletcher
- Marcus Butler
- KSI
- Tanya Burr
- PewDiePie
Booktubers Urban Dictionary - “…a BookTuber is someone on YouTube that makes videos related to books - usually YA novels.”
Australian BookTubers (search through YouTube)
- Little Book Owl
- Booksss101
- Sam Iam
- Kellie Reads
- Books with Dylan
- Dylan Books
- April Brooks
- Lovely Girl Reads
International BookTubers
- PolandBananasBooks*
- Ellen Lundstrum*
- PeruseProject*
Feel free to add suggestions in the comments!