![]() ![]() ![]() Text Poaching As Resistance and Poaching As Actualization This essay is going to examine text poaching as resistance and poaching as actualization and take a position on the continuum created by these two concepts. These active readers actively participate in the production of content using inspiration from the texts that they enjoy (Jenkins, 2013). Before the advent of digital technologies, fans basically consumed text, but the modern digital technology has enabled the replacement of passive fans with active fans that Jenkins has called active readers. ![]() Jenkins defines textual poaching as “an impertinent raid on the literary preserve where fans take away only those things that are useful or pleasurable” (Jenkins, 2013, p. Textual poaching is a term that was first used by Michel de Certeau in 1984, and was developed later by Henry Jenkins in his book “Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture” written in 1992. ![]()
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