Fibreculture Mobility issue

This journal edition came out a while ago (cna you tell I’m going through my long neglected drafts?), but has some interesting papers on mobility. Dong-Hoo Lee documents the experiments with self-image and expression now allowed young Korean women by camera phones. Angel Lin affirms the continuation of older social practices amongst Hong Kong college … Read moreFibreculture Mobility issue

Media Convergence Case Studies

This is an old post, but a goody. John McMurria of DePaul University has a very interesting article, Broadcasting is Dead, Long Live Broadcasting, published at Flow. He analyses four TV and Internet convergences: Case #1. Disney/ABC has teamed with Apple’s iTunes to offer episodes of 6 current television series for playback on a newly released … Read moreMedia Convergence Case Studies

Alternate Reality Theatre being filmed @ Florida Film Festival

Hows that for a genre mashup? The Voice is a sponteous theatre production that is being filmed at the Florida Film Festival, it debuted on March 24th. Besides the use of fantastical websites, actors, real world events and locations, the neat thing is the lead of the production has no idea she’s a character in the fiction.  … Read moreAlternate Reality Theatre being filmed @ Florida Film Festival

ReGenesis II nominated for iTV Award @ Banff

Banff World Television Festival has announced the nominees for the 27th Annual Banff World Television Awards. 101 programs from 24 countries are competing, including a TV + ARG I’m currently playing, ReGenesis II: Extended Reality Game, which has been nominated in the interactive television category. Last year, the ReGenesis won the best website at the Gemini Awards. Congrats … Read moreReGenesis II nominated for iTV Award @ Banff

Attracting Audiences & Digital Storytelling

For those in Melbourne, Australia, next week, I’ll be co-presenting at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School seminar: The Business of Digital Distribution. I’ll be drawing the relationship between distribution and attracting audiences. The objectives of the event are: analyse the benefits of new digital distribution models develop strategies for incorporating digital distribution into their development … Read moreAttracting Audiences & Digital Storytelling

Another Cross Media Book!

Drew Davidson — who is a permanent resident on my blogroll, and alongside Monique De Haas, is one of the first cross-media researchers I met online all those years ago — is bringing out a book on designing cross media projects: Cross-Media Communications: an Introduction to the Creation of Integrated Media Experiences. Drew is academic … Read moreAnother Cross Media Book!

World First: Academic Citation Generator for Blogs

It is with great pleasure that I announce a wonderful new plugin for blogs: Academic Citations. The plugin automatically generates citations at the foot of every blog post in five common formats: AMA, APA, Chicago, Harvard, and MLA. It is well documented and installation is simple: upload and activate the plugin, insert a line into … Read moreWorld First: Academic Citation Generator for Blogs

CME = 360 Content = Entertainment Everywhere!

Thanks to the heads-up from Gary, an interesting new* term and industry approach to cross-media entertainment/cross-platform content/blah/blah/blah is happening at the MipTV/Milia event: 360 Content. The conference thread is a largely BBC affair on multi-platform content: a Content 360 Digital Pitching Competition. In conjunction with sessions of what the BBC is interested in hearing pitched, they’ll … Read moreCME = 360 Content = Entertainment Everywhere!

Video interviews with Top Media Practitioners & Marketers

Jason Romney is a Melb Barrister who is also the founder and CEO of itvworld.com. He attends every new media event that goes on and harpoons the best speakers for a video chat. He shares these interviews for free through iTunes and at his website: netvideo.com.au, in many formats: Quicktime for Mac users Flash Video for Windows … Read moreVideo interviews with Top Media Practitioners & Marketers