The document discusses different types of online affiliations and expressions of fan participation in online communities. It mentions memberships in social media groups, forums, and game clans. It also outlines creative fan works such as digital sampling, skinning, modding, fan videos, fiction and zines. Additionally, it references collaborative problem solving in teams through activities like Wikipedia and alternate reality gaming. Finally, it notes how fans shape the flow of media through channels like Twitter, podcasting and blogging.

2. Affiliations memberships, formal and informal, in online communities centred around various forms of media such as Facebook, message boards, metagaming, game clans, Myspace etc. Informal Facebook group Formal gaming forum

3. Expressions Producing new creative forms, such as digital sampling, skinning and modding, fan video making, fan fiction writing, zines, mash-ups. <object width=&quot;384&quot; height=&quot;313&quot;><param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/3CTJqwX-AwM&hl=en_GB&fs=1&quot;></param><param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;></param><param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;></param><embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/3CTJqwX-AwM&hl=en_GB&fs=1&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; width=&quot;384&quot; height=&quot;313&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot;></embed></object> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CTJqwX-AwM

4. Collaborative problem solving Working together in teams, formal and informal, to complete tasks and develop new knowledge (such as through Wikipedia and alternative reality gaming.)

5. Circulations Shaping the flow of media (such as Twitter, podcasting, blogging)