Does the agency structure need to be rethought? What are effective ways to collaborate with creative audiences?
Podcast: Futures of Entertainment 2: “Fan Labor”
What do we gain by applying a theory of labor to think about the invisible work performed by fans and other consumers within the new media economy?
Podcast: Futures of Entertainment 2: “Metrics and Measurement”
Nobody is quite clear how you can “count” engaged consumers or how you can account for various forms and qualities of engagement.
Podcast: Futures of Entertainment 2: “Opening Comments”
This is the first in a series of seven audio podcasts, recorded during the Futures of Entertainment 2 conference, hosted by the Convergence Culture Consortium and Comparative Media Studies at MIT.
Podcast: Futures of Entertainment 2: “NBC’s Heroes: Appointment TV to Engagement TV?”
What steps are networks taking to prolong and enlarge the viewer’s experience of a weekly series?
Podcast and video: “Games and Civic Engagement”
For a growing generation of activists and researchers, games may also represent a resource for engaging young people with the political process.
Podcast and video: Thomas W. Malone, “Collective Intelligence”
A conversation with Thomas Malone about the theory and practice of collective intelligence, with emphasis on Wikipedia, other instances of aggregated intellectual work.
