"Hollywood's Most Reliable Audience". Il pubblico adolescente tra consumo, narrazioni e partecipazione

This paper aims to analyse the role of the teen audience in the process of definition and evolution of the teen movie genre. Since its origin, in fact, this genre is presented as the result of the interaction between public and industry, between production and consumption practices. Today, in the era of convergence culture, the teen movie strengthens the relationship with its audience through new forms of participation. This allows us to analyse both the needs for building a community typical of fandom practices, as well as the dynamics of identity construction and identification expressed by contemporary teenagers.