The work that Pooky Amsterdam and I have done on virtual world television has come to a close with the publication of the project’s second journal article…… Read more “Virtual World Television as Interactive Television Published”
Category: Virtual Worlds
Reviewing the Virtual Worlds Entertainment Study
These thoughts were produced at the end of my time on this project, in May of 2012, for the Virtual Worlds Research Group at Roskilde University. These…… Read more “Reviewing the Virtual Worlds Entertainment Study”
Virtual World Television and Interactive Television
This is the end result of the work I have been doing with Pooky Amsterdam. This paper is the write-up of the presentation Avatars, Audiences and Interactive…… Read more “Virtual World Television and Interactive Television”
Sense-Making and Avatars Research Proposal
This post contains a research proposal I wrote in 2008 for a project to involve virtual worlds that I never completed. This proposal would be changed to…… Read more “Sense-Making and Avatars Research Proposal”
Conversations of GamerGate and Fractured Fandom
One of the things I have been doing this year (i.e. 2015) is trying to better understand what I mean when I say “fractured fandom” and how…… Read more “Conversations of GamerGate and Fractured Fandom”
Ghost Whisperer’s Ghost in the Machine
This essay was originally posted as part of my work for the Virtual Worlds Research Group at Roskilde University. This essay reflects my interest in how pop…… Read more “Ghost Whisperer’s Ghost in the Machine”
Metaphors for making sense of virtual worlds
The following paper comes from a presentation given at ECREA in 2010 and at NCA in 2011 (the version of which can be found here on the…… Read more “Metaphors for making sense of virtual worlds”
Avatars, Audiences and Interactive Television
This presentation was given at the 100th National Communication Association Conference in Chicago on November 21, 2014. This presentation reflects the work I have done with Pooky…… Read more “Avatars, Audiences and Interactive Television”
Experience Spotlights: Richard Kastelein
Richard Kastelein, an expert on social television and transmedia storytelling, presents his work on Twinners, an attempt at creating a real time virtual world television experience. Experience…… Read more “Experience Spotlights: Richard Kastelein”
A Real Virtual Haunted House
If you have the time and the wherewithal to go into the virtual world Second Life for Halloween, then I have the place for you: the Haunted House in…… Read more “A Real Virtual Haunted House”
