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Cross-Media Parody

A sign of an area maturing is the presence of parodies. I don’t have any cross-media parodies,but I’m sure there are plenty parodies of franchises. Take this one from the webcomic Penny Arcade (thanks Jeremy):Tycho,the in-comic character,has been hired to write 13 fantasy novellas based on a game franchise. He explains in the news [...]

On-Demand and Play

Scheduled viewing—watching a television show or film at a particular time,tuning in to listen to a radio show,attending a theatre performance—has been the dominant mode of accessing entertainment since early (Roman?) theatre. Sure,we’ve had street-player performances,but they are not scheduled or on-demand for the audiences. Such entertainment is impromptu (for the audience),[...]

Quick Stats:Top 10 Social Networking Sites

On May 11 Nielsen//NetRatings released their press release on the top social networking sites for the US [pdf].

“Social networking sites are the reality television of the Internet,” said Jon Gibs,senior director of media,Nielsen//NetRatings.

Top 10 Social Networking Sites for April 2006 (U.S.,Home and Work) 1. MySpace 2. Blogger 3. Classmates Online [...]