Jim Ross, the longtime voice of World Wrestling Entertainment, joins CMS graduate student Sam Ford to discuss the unique blend of reality and fiction in the world of American professional wrestling.
WWE’s Jim Ross excited to guest lecture at MIT
Jim Ross: “I’m really interested and excited to see what questions these very bright men and women have after studying sports-entertainment all semester.”
Podcast: Futures of Entertainment 2006: “Not the Real World Anymore “
As we move closer to the cyberpunk vision of a wholly parallel ‘metaverse’, questions of power, community, and property are coming to the fore.
Video: Futures of Entertainment 2006, “Viscerality and Web 2.0”
The opening presentation for the second day, Viscerality and Web 2.0, given by Joshua Green, Research Manager for the Convergence Culture Consortium.
Video: Futures of Entertainment 2006, “Transmedia Properties”
How are storytellers taking advantage of the “expanded canvas” such an approach offers? How do transmedia strategies impact the new integration between brands and entertainment properties? What new expectations do transmedia properties place on consumers?
Video: Futures of Entertainment 2006, “User-Generated Content”
What challenges does greater user-participation pose to both producers and audiences? What corporate policies enable or retard the growth of user-generated content?
Video: Futures of Entertainment 2006, “Henry Jenkins’ Opening Remarks”
This is the first in a series of six podcasts, recorded during the Futures of Entertainment Conference hosted by the Convergence Culture Consortium and Comparative Media Studies at MIT.
