Futures of Entertainment 4 once again brings together key industry leaders and academic scholars who are shaping these new directions in our culture.
“Breaking Down Advertising’s Walls”: CMS researcher Sam Ford in Fast Company
My movement from an academic working with industry to an academic within the industry was driven by my interest in how companies and their audiences converse
GAMBIT: Videogame Company Tours
Philip Tan, the executive director of US operations for GAMBIT will be leading tours of local video game companies to help you understand the day to day goings on of the rapidly growing video game industry.
Landman Report Card, helping landowners negotiate with oil and gas representatives
Chris Csikszentmihalyi, of the MIT Media Lab and CMS’ sister group the Center for Future Civic Media, has announced the launch of the Landman Report Card.
Futures of Entertainment 3
This year’s conference will work to bring together the themes from last year — media spreadability, audiences and value, social media, distribution — with the Consortium’s new projects as we move towards an increasingly global understanding of media convergence and content flows.
Transformational Tales: Media, Makeovers, and Material Culture
American makeover culture, thorough detailed case studies that represent an increasing confluence of commerce, entertainment, and, at times, spirituality.
Podcast: Gregory Anderson, “The Show Business High Wire Act: Walking the Tightrope Between Studio Filmmaking and Independent Production”
Gregory Anderson, creator of Stomp the Yard, has been called a trailblazer for independent film distribution.
