The concept of the citizen author is defined and explored within the publishing industry. In order to understand what positions the citizen author currently, and potentially could, hold it begins with a historical view of their rise, including concepts of their eighteenth century antecedents. But the focus of this research is on their growth alongside that of social media platforms. This allows for drawing out relationships between genre fiction, publishers, and the citizen author, which provides a more full understanding of the power dynamics involved when publishers, social media, and the citizen authors mix in the current industry climate.
Johnson, Miriam J.
Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment\School of Arts\Oxford International Centre for Publishing
Year of publication: 2017Date of RADAR deposit: 2019-06-06