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Fanlore:Featured Article Archives/2019: Week 20

The use of phones for fannish communication has a long history. However like all technologies, it has been reshaped and in some cases superseded by other technologies. Fans used phones much in the same manner that fans use email today: to collaborate on writing and publishing stories, to organize a convention or to squee over their favorite TV show. Over the years, Phones in Fanworks have become more frequently used central themes and devices as they became more ubiquitous in the modern world.