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.
Futures of Entertainment Conference Examines the Entertainment Landscape
MIT’s Comparative Media Studies program co-hosted Futures of Entertainment with the Convergence Culture Consortium, one of the program’s research groups.
Podcast: Futures of Entertainment 2006: “Fan Cultures”
How is the increasing importance of fan behavior re-writing the media landscape? What kinds of accountability should media companies have to their most committed consumers?
Podcast: Futures of Entertainment 2006: “Viscerality and Web 2.0”
This particular recording is of the opening presentation for the second day, Viscerality and Web 2.0, given by Joshua Green, Research Manager for the Convergence Culture Consortium.
Podcast: Futures of Entertainment 2006: “Transmedia Properties”
The great potential of transmediation is to deepen audience engagement, but this requires greater awareness of the specific benefits of working within different platforms. How are media companies organizing the development of transmedia properties?
Podcast: Futures of Entertainment 2006: “User-Generated Content”
Are media companies ready for the grassroots creativity they are unleashing?
