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What are the benefits of joining an online fandom? Can online music fandoms benefit your mental health? And what’s the connection between being in an online music fandom and language, or creativity?
This OpenLearn guide, prepared by Dr Lauren O’Hagan, is an introduction to the values and benefits of online fandoms.
To learn more about this topic – and to download the transcript of the trailer – please visit the following link https://www.open.edu/openlearn/openlearn-ireland/ireland---health-social-issues/supporting-mental-health-through-online-music-fandoms
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What are the benefits of joining an online fandom? Can online music fandoms benefit your mental health? And what’s the connection between being in an online music fandom and language, or creativity?
This OpenLearn guide, prepared by Dr Lauren O’Hagan, is an introduction to the values and benefits of online fandoms.
To learn more about this topic – and to download the transcript of the trailer – please visit the following link https://www.open.edu/openlearn/openlearn-ireland/ireland---health-social-issues/supporting-mental-health-through-online-music-fandoms
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Study free course on Discovering music: the blues at the Open University
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Study Q83 BSc (Honours) Social Psychology
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The Open University is the world’s leading provider of flexible, high-quality online degrees and distance learning, serving students across the globe with highly respected degree qualifications, and the triple-accredited MBA. The OU teaches through its own unique method of distance learning, called ‘supported open learning’ and you do not need any formal qualifications to study with us, just commitment and a desire to find out what you are capable of.
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