Transmedia/Genre

Rethinking Genre in a Multiplatform Culture

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

This book brings genre back to the forefront of the current transmedia trend. In setting the stage for the revival of genre theory in contemporary transmedia scholarship, this book pushes forward understandings of multiplatform media and the emerging form and function of genre across contemporary culture.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-02-06
Mått:155 x 235 x 14 mm
Vikt:298 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:178
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031155826

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Film inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Matthew Freeman is Reader in Multiplatform Media at Bath Spa University, UK, where he is Research Lead for Film & Media and Course Leader for BA (Hons) Media Communications. He is the author/editor of eight books on topics such as transmedia and media industries. Beyond academia, he is the Founder of Immersive Promotion Design, a marketing consultancy for the immersive sector.Anthony N. Smith is Lecturer in Television Theory at the University of Salford, UK. He has published articles in New Media & Society, Critical Studies in Television and beyond. He is also co-editor of Storytelling in the Media Convergence Age: Exploring Screen Narratives (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014) and author of Storytelling Industries: Narrative Production in the 21st Century (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018).

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction.- 2. Transmedia Superhero: Marvel, Genre Divergence and Captain America.- 3. Transmedia Western: Lucasfilm, Genre Linking and The Mandalorian.- 4. Transmedia Horror: Netflix, Genre Empowerment and Stranger Things.- 5. Transmedia Docudrama: ITV Hub, Genre Democratisation and Quiz.- 6. Transmedia Comedy: BBC Three, Genre Distribution and Pls Like.- 7. Transmedia Fantasy-JRPG: Kickstarter, Genre Leveraging and Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes.- 8. Transmedia War: Virtual Reality, Genre Embodiment and The Day the World Changed.- 9. Transmedia Science Fiction: Deepfake Technology, Genre Fictioning and Reminiscence.- 10. Conclusion: Towards a Conceptual Framework of Transmedia Genre.