Tag: transmedia

• Disney+, the Fan Industrial Complex, and Star Wars

  

  I love this term: Fan Industrial Complex. Chris thinks he heard it from someone else, so I will need to investigate it. Because from a media ecology perspective, it’s very useful. That’s what we have now with online mediated fan-producer networks. The technologies and economic systems require a symbiosis between more ardent fans and producers, […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  February 20, 2021

  Audience/Reception Studies, Communication Studies, Critical/Cultural Studies, Fandom, Film Studies, Internet Studies, pop culture studies

  convergence culture, Disney+, Fan Industrial Complex, fan-producer relationships, Fandom, fandom ecology, fans, Marvel, MCU, media ecology, producers, Rise of the Skywalker, social media platforms, Star Wars, transmedia

• The Pop Culture Lens on Avatar: The Last Airbender

  

  In the twenty-sixth episode of The Pop Culture Lens podcast, Christopher Olson and I welcome friend of the podcast and return guest, Aaron Kashtan, to discuss the immensely popular hit from the early 21st century, Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005-2008). In this episode – which at times features poor audio due to issues with Skype, […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  July 19, 2016

  Anime/Manga, Critical/Cultural Studies, Fandom

  Aang, Adaptation, anime, Avatar The Last Airbender, convergence, cultural appreciation, cultural appropriation, fangirls, Fire Kingdom, Katara, Sokka, Toph, Transcultural, transmedia, transnational, Zuko

• Convergent Wrestling: Call for Chapters

  

  Official Call for Chapter Proposals Title: Colliding Inside the Squared Circle: The Convergent Nature of Professional Wrestling Editors: CarrieLynn D. Reinhard (Dominican University) & Christopher J. Olson (Dominican University) Purpose: The concept of convergence represents one of the most pervasive buzzwords in media studies, but with good reason. In essence, convergence concerns how the boundaries […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  June 17, 2016

  Audience/Reception Studies, Communication Studies, Critical/Cultural Studies, Fandom, Internet Studies, Professional Wrestling

  comvergence, Fandom, polymedia, Professional Wrestling, prosumer, social media, sports entertainment, transmedia, wrestling, WWE

• The Pop Culture Lens Episode 11: Captain Midnight

  

  In the eleventh episode of The Pop Culture Lens podcast, Christopher Olson and I welcome friend of the podcast Blair Davis of DePaul University to discuss a pulp hero from the radio era, Captain Midnight. Captain Midnight began as a radio serial in 1938 (which you can listen to here), at the dawn of the […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  June 29, 2015

  Comics Studies, Superheroes

  Adaptation, Adaptation theory, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Captain Midnight, Chicago, Comic books, comic strips, Dark Horse Comics, Fawcett Comics, film serials, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Comics, Ovaltine, radio serials, reboot, reimagining, remake, spin-off, transmedia, transmedia storytelling, WGN

• 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 Spotlights: Richard Kastelein

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  December 7, 2013

  Virtual Worlds

  connected TV, convergence, interactive, participation, smart TV, social media, social television, transmedia, virtual world television, Virtual worlds