The thesis was finished in January but was ultimately written in German. It may take a while but I will be publishing the main results here asap!

Hi!

Just a quick thank you to all of you who helped me with my research! Your answers to my questionnaire(s) are much appreciated.
I don't have much time right now updating my LJ since I'm busy writing my thesis (actually I'm not busy, I'm panicking, ha) but I will let you know about my results asap.

All the best,
Petra

Hi!

Long time no see, I know. After attending LeakyCon it took me some time to get all the work done I neglected during my trip to the US.

Now that I finally have time again to work on my research, I have a new question for you guys:

Can you think of any Harry Potter fan fictions that became very popular or even worked as the foundation for a specific ( Read more... )

Hi!

With this message, I would like to thank all of you who answered my questionnaire at http://fanfiction.frontexperts.com (see the original message below) and have given me helpful feedback. Many of you who sent me emails with comments let me know that my questionnaire did not fully embrace your experience with fan fiction. Because a survey is a ( Read more... )

I want to thank all of the wonderful people who answered my questionnaire, commented, and/or emailed me with feedback. I'll try to get back to you all as soon as possible - but so many of you offered helpful comments that it will take me some time.

Dear Harry Potter fan fiction authors!

My name is Petra Baumann and I’m doing research for my master’s thesis in sociology on Harry Potter fan fiction at the University of Graz, Austria. As a sociologist, I am especially interested in the social background of fan fiction authors: where they come from, how old they are, etc. Through my research I ( Read more... )