How the soap opera industry is and could be further adapting to the technological and social changes of a convergence culture to maintain and revitalize the genre’s relevance for viewers and advertisers alike.
Journey to the East: The (re)Make of Chinese Animation
How Chinese animation cinema has evolved over the years and how the Chinese nation is being constructed and contested through animation filmic texts.
Oh No I’m Toast!: Mastering Videogame Secrets in Theory and Practice
Secrets play a fundamental and influential role within a given gamespace in terms of the way they affect a videogame design and player experience.
Transmedia Storytelling: Business, Aesthetics and Production at the Jim Henson Company
How transmedia storytellers can weave complex narratives that will prove rewarding to audiences, academics and producers alike.
Playing with Good and Evil: Videogames and Moral Philosophy
The videogame medium is capable of modeling and critiquing elements of moral philosophy in a unique manner
Expectations Across Entertainment Media
The implicit contract between the purveyor of an entertainment property and their audience, and the consequences of frustrating audience expectations.
Podcast: “Love May Not Be in the Afternoon Anymore: A Q&A with Soap Opera Writer Kay Alden About How the Genre Is (and/or Should Be) Changing with the Times”
Kay Alden worked for more than 30 years on The Young and the Restless, the top-rated daytime drama that she served as head writer for from 1998 to 2006.
