[ecrea] International Journal of Communication Publishes Special Section on Transmedia Storytelling

The International Journal of Communication has published a special section
titled “Transmedia Critical: Empirical Investigations into Multiplatform
and Collaborative Storytelling,” guest-edited by Carlos A. Scolari and
Indrek Ibrus.

A decade has passed since the introduction of “transmedia storytelling,”
a concept that refers to forms of multiplatform and collaborative
storytelling. This special section opens an avenue for critical accounts of
the associated narrative phenomena, social experiences, and conceptual
positions. It suggests that it’s time to move away from celebrating
instances of transmedia productions as poetically fascinating outcomes of
contemporary media changes, or as enablers of new economic possibilities for
media industries, or of participatory opportunities for audiences. Instead,
it calls for investigations of transmedia productions as contested
phenomena—sources of contemporary cultural and social
complexities—including new forms of scarcities, inequalities, and power
struggles.

This special section emphasizes empirical studies of situated differences of
how transmedial content is produced, used and interpreted in various
contexts and by different actors. The articles present case studies from
several countries on aspects of transmedia content production, associated
user studies, and predecessors of various modern forms of transmediation
(that too often are celebrated for their unprecedented newness). The section
is explicitly interdisciplinary and builds on several established research
traditions (e.g., cultural studies, political economy, semiotics, and
narratology). With an introduction by Ibrus and Scolari, these works attest
to the importance of a cross-disciplinary dialogue on transmedia
communications as social, economic, and textual phenomena.

Authors for this Transmedia Critical special section include:

•         Sarah Atkinson, University of Brighton
•         Paolo Bertetti, University of Siena
•         Elizabeth Evans, University of Nottingham
•         Rosa Franquet, Autonomous University of Barcelona
•         Matthew Freeman, University of Nottingham
•         Indrek Ibrus, Tallinn University
•         Peter Ohler, Chemnitz University of Technology
•         Maarja Ojamaa, University of Tartu
•         Daniel Pietschmann, Chemnitz University of Technology
•         Carlos A. Scolari, Pompeu Fabra University
•         Nele Simons, University of Antwerp
•         María Isabel Villa, Pontificia Bolivariana University
•         Sabine Völkel, Chemnitz University of Technology
•         Maren Würfel, University of Erfurt

We invite you to read this special section that published August 15, 2014 at
http://ijoc.org.

Larry Gross
Editor

Arlene Luck
Managing Editor
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International Journal of Communication (IJoC)
USC Annenberg Press
University of Southern California
http://ijoc.org/

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