But the thing is, if someone was challenging me to prove that "multifandom" is a commonly used term, I could probably provide hundreds of cites, using google or ljseek, to cite people actively using "multifandom" to mean "contains multiple fandoms."
I don't think I really need to do that, because I don't think anyone is disputing that "multifandom" is a widely used term. Not necessarily the only term, but *a* widely used term. If someone wants to dispute that, I'll be glad to cite.
What's in dispute is the use of "multimedia." Is it CURRENTLY in use? Is it widely used? As of yet, no one has cited any current use of "multimedia" besides a single link to Agent of Style's website, which indicates to me that "multimedia zine" may still be a term that's in use, "multimedia" in general is not being actively used by fans to describe things that encompass many fandoms. I mean, I've repeatedly asked for cites, and no one is coming up with anything, so what else can I conclude?
As for googling "multifandom zine," I think that has more to do with the fact that "multifandom" as a term gained prominence after-- and now I'm not sure how to say "zines started getting less popular" without hurting feelings. Is it dismissive to say that people don't make/publish zines as much as they used to? Apparently to some people it is. Minefield.
But you get the idea. The term "multifandom" doesn't overlap much with the heyday of zines. Googling "multifandom vid" or "multi-fandom challenge" gets a lot more results.
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Date: 2008-11-14 11:07 pm (UTC)But the thing is, if someone was challenging me to prove that "multifandom" is a commonly used term, I could probably provide hundreds of cites, using google or ljseek, to cite people actively using "multifandom" to mean "contains multiple fandoms."
I don't think I really need to do that, because I don't think anyone is disputing that "multifandom" is a widely used term. Not necessarily the only term, but *a* widely used term. If someone wants to dispute that, I'll be glad to cite.
What's in dispute is the use of "multimedia." Is it CURRENTLY in use? Is it widely used? As of yet, no one has cited any current use of "multimedia" besides a single link to Agent of Style's website, which indicates to me that "multimedia zine" may still be a term that's in use, "multimedia" in general is not being actively used by fans to describe things that encompass many fandoms. I mean, I've repeatedly asked for cites, and no one is coming up with anything, so what else can I conclude?
As for googling "multifandom zine," I think that has more to do with the fact that "multifandom" as a term gained prominence after-- and now I'm not sure how to say "zines started getting less popular" without hurting feelings. Is it dismissive to say that people don't make/publish zines as much as they used to? Apparently to some people it is. Minefield.
But you get the idea. The term "multifandom" doesn't overlap much with the heyday of zines. Googling "multifandom vid" or "multi-fandom challenge" gets a lot more results.