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!
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
I just thought I’d give an update on talks I’ve given , will be giving, this year on cross-media entertainment and polymorphic narrative (other than my usual teaching). This year so far I’ve delivered seminars in my capacity as a mentor with LAMP for Bush TV and just yesterday for the Australia Council for the Arts: … Read moreUpdate on my CME talks in industry & academia
I’ve just finished rewatching the documentary on Derrida: Derrida by Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering Kofman. There is a wonderful sequence at the beginning with a voice-over (and sub-titles) of the following Derrida quote: In general, I try to distinguish between what one calls the future and “I’avenir.” The future is that which — tomorrow, … Read moreDerrida and On-Demand
Participation and Play in Converging Media is a research project based at the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo and has been running since 2004! The English description on the website explains the projects thus: The project investigates non-professional participation in the media, with an emphasis on how participation is facilitated and exploited by the media … Read moreAnother Research Group, and in Europe of course
Ok, I’ve been asked by a few people if I’ll be at Game Developers Conference this year. I won’t unfortunately. So, if you’re going and end up attending any of the following sessions, let me know what you thought. What’s Next Panel Advergaming, Game-Based Messaging, and Marketing I Advergaming, Game-Based Messaging, and Marketing II A … Read moreGDC Wish List
Two key events that address cross-media entertainment from an industry and academic perspective are happening this year. One is in Italy, the other in Amsterdam. Cross-Media #1 is being held on March 21st in Roma. Here are the details (in Italian!): Cross-media #1 è il primo evento in Italia dedicato alla comunicazione cross-mediale. Una giornata di … Read moreTwo Key Cross-Media Events
Fresh from the The Convergence Newsletter is news that the Broadcast Education Association’s 2006 convention is on “convergence”: Convergence Shockwave: Change, Challenge and Opportunity. It runs from April 26-29 in Las Vegas. There are over 20 sessions dedicated to discussing convergence in many forms: content, management, advertising, culture, technology, curriculum and teaching. There are two … Read moreConvergent Journalism & Education Convention
I’ve created a page on my new wiki with a description of some of the most used terms people use when referring to cross-media. I’ve tried to explain how they relate and when they don’t. It is not a comprehensive list of all the terms and their meanings. It is also not my personal list of terms … Read moreCross-Media Terms
Marc Ruppel is a researcher into what he terms “cross-sited narratives”. He has put one of his talks online, a presentation that was part of his PhD Comprehensive Exam in Digital Studies, University of Maryland College Park. Marc terms: cross-sited narratives “as multi-sensory stories told across two or more diverse media (film, print literature, web, … Read moreMarc Ruppel's latest paper