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[ecrea] Transmedia Archaeology

Tue Nov 04 23:14:27 GMT 2014






Transmedia Archaeology: Storytelling in the Borderlines of Science Fiction, Comics and Pulp Magazines



By Carlos Scolari, Paolo Bertetti and Matthew Freeman





Throughout the world, people now engage with stories across multiple media, following the adventures of Doctor Who from television to the Web, exploring the Batman universe across cinema, television, comics, and more. This activity may seem recent, but transmedia storytelling is not a new phenomenon. History is filled with popular fiction whose stories extend across different media as yesteryear’s fan communities also participated in the act of expanding fictional worlds.



In Transmedia Archaeology, Carlos Scolari, Paolo Bertetti and Matthew Freeman examine manifestations of transmedia storytelling not only in different historical periods but also in different countries, spanning the UK, the US and Argentina. They take us into the worlds of Conan the Barbarian, Superman and El Eternauta, and explore transmedia storytelling as part of twentieth century mass culture, fandom, narrative practices, genres, and even political activism, giving us an introduction to the archaeology of transmedia.



Table of Contents:



Foreword: Roberta Pearson, University of Nottingham

Introduction: Towards an Archaeology of Transmedia Storytelling

1. Conan the Barbarian: Transmedia Adventures of a Pulp Hero

2. Superman: Building a Transmedia World for a Comic Book Hero

3. El Eternauta: Transmedia Expansions, Political Resistance and Popular Appropriations of a Human Hero

Conclusions: Transmedia Storytelling and Popular Cultures in the Twentieth Century





Carlos Scolari is Associate Professor at the Department of Communication of the University Pompeu Fabra. He has lectured about transmedia storytelling, media ecology and interactive communication in more than twenty European and Latin American countries. He is the author of Crossmedia Innovations (with Indrek Ibrus, 2012), and Narrativas Transmedia: Cuando todos los medios cuentan (2013).



Paolo Bertetti is Professor in Universita degli Studi di Siena, where he conducts research and organises the Master’s degree in Business Communication and teaches Analysis of Advertising Discourse. He has been Visiting Professor at the University of Turin, and his research interests include narratology, audio-visual storytelling, semiotic theory and the genres of contemporary popular culture.



Matthew Freeman is Visiting Lecturer in Media and Communication at Birmingham City University, and a PhD Candidate in Culture, Film and Media at the University of Nottingham. His research into historical formations of transmedia, convergence, media branding and cultural production has been published in The International Journal of Cultural Studies, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, and International Journal of Communication.



Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Transmedia-Archaeology-Storytelling-Borderlines-Magazines-ebook/dp/B00NBSXY1K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415094518&sr=8-1&keywords=transmedia+archaeology



http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/transmedia-archaeology-carlos-scolari/?K=9781137434371




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