MIT Comparative Media Studies and the Convergence Culture Consortium present the Futures of Entertainment Conference, November 17-18, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Wohoo! Here is the blurb: As advertisers look for new ways to engage audiences, content creators search for new audiences, and audiences quest for new ways to connect with culture, the nature of what counts as … Read moreTransmedia Sessions at Futures of Entertainment Conference
Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA) 21st Annual Conference is being held November 14th-17th on the Gold Coast. The Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA) represents the interests of producers on all issues that affect the business and creative aspects of independent screen production. Our annual conference is held over three days and attracts more than 650 … Read moreCROSS Sessions at SPAA
Crossover Australia 2007 will bring together approximately 28 accomplished and innovative filmmakers and new media producers including invited international guest mentors as well as representatives from broadcasters and funding agencies. It will be a truly participatory retreat designed to explore the possibilities of interactivity within the context of broader bandwidth and the main ‘focus’ … Read moreCrossover Deadline Approaching
Expanding the Definition of Convergence and Integration Call for Papers A research colloquium at Texas Tech University April 19 & 20, 2007 Papers invited include research proposals or completed research that addresses any of the following: The interaction of multiple media The use of media among or directed to Hispanics or other ethnic groups … Read moreCFP: Convergence and Integration
Re-Mediating Literature NWO-TKC / Utrecht University Department of Literary Studies July 4-6, 2007 Recent developments in digital and electronic media have stimulated new theoretical reflections on the nature of media as such and ont he way in which they evolve across time. The aim of this conference is to examine how recent technological changes have … Read moreCFP: Re-Mediating Literature
After my presentation at AOIR, How the Internet is Holding the Center of Conjured Universes, Kevin interviewed me. This is something that I encourage all event organisers to do. As a presenter I was bursting to talk more about my research — and I should say that AOIR gave us the chance to have a good … Read moreMy First Video Interview Online!
Rick Mathieson interviews Mike Benson, the Senior Vice President of Marketing for ABC Entertainment, on “multi-platform branded entertainment”. It is an audio interview about The Lost Experience from a branding perspective (which extends an earlier article on the topic too). I’ve popped some notes about each one here: Part 1: Benson spoke about how The Lost Experience helped … Read moreThe Lost Experience: Branding Perspective Interview
I am very glad I went to Association of Internet Researchers Conference Internet Convergences and presented there because I got to meet the people behind many blogs I read, find out about some neat cross-media research going on and got information about my own research out there. In fact, I’m very excited about a few contacts … Read moreAOIR Report