Transmedia can be defined as the technique of telling a single story or story experience across multiple platforms and formats using current digital technologies. Henry Jenkins also adds “Transmedia storytelling represents a process where integral elements of a fiction get dispersed systematically across multiple delivery channels for the purpose of creating a unified and coordinated entertainment experience. Ideally, each medium makes it own unique contribution to the unfolding of the story.” This means that something has to be added to the story on each new platform is order for it to be true transmedia. Examples of this include background stories, changing perspectives of who is telling the story, focusing on a particular event and using it in a computer game etc.

This link, also provided as pre reading material, will take you to more in depth article about transmedia by academic Henry Jenkins. He discusses the layers of transmedia in very specific detail.

An idea that is linked to this concept is the notion of fan made theories and conspiracies. One major corporation that has a huge following is Disney. There are hundreds of Disney theories out there that add to the stories of Disney, some Disney even agree to be true, when they may have never been intended at all. These theories add to the story and therefore become a part of transmedia. I have created a YouTube video of 5 fan made Disney theories.

https://youtu.be/ope1q-q6bkw

References

http://media-study.com/students/thcwp/transmedia/

https://disneytheory.com

http://www.dorkly.com/post/70409

 

Smartphones are one of the most used technologies around the world and have become extremely influential in our everyday lives, so much that we even have charging booths in shopping centres today. We base our furniture around power points so that we have easy access to charge our phones. We sit on our phones at dinner instead of talking to our family.

Technology can be an amazing tool but it also can be detrimental to our relationships with others. I cant even count the amount of times I have been out with someone and all they do is sit on their phone. It makes you feel ignored and unwanted. When Ted, my lecturer was talking about how in extremely high tech countries such as Korea have WiFi in nearly every public place and you can walk blocks without loosing connection, it really got me thinking. We are sooo dependent on our phones to the point that some would be unable to live without them.

I found these video’s online and they really affected me, it really shows just how much phones are taking over our lives and the things we miss out by being on them so much. My challenge for myself is to limit my technology use and get out and really live once in a while and spend some quality time with the people that I love.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/smartphones-are-hideous-and-sad-kind-of_n_5234216.html?section=australia

Also thought this was a very interesting read as it visually shows the reader how smartphones have affected society!

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https://prezi.com/hs72wnce0lbr/copy-of-explain-any-topic/#

Copyright is a very controversial issue that we are faced with in society, some agree with it, some don’t. A major issue that coincides with copyright is the act of illegally downloading music. Ive always believed that illegally downloading music has a massive impact on the industry however while I was researching I came across a study that argued that illegally downloading has no affect on the industry at all. For me this was a very interesting point because we are always bombarded by the media telling us exactly how bad it is! Perhaps this study may need to be done on a larger scale? Perhaps it is true? What are your thoughts?

I found this YouTube video extremely interesting, opinions in this video came directly from musicians and they argued that they felt exposure was more important then piracy and that even if people did pirate their songs it would give them exposure to their songs and potentially encourage them to attend live shows and buy merchandise!

I personally, believe copyright should exist and we should pay for what we use, however to an extent. In my BCM112 lecture, my lecturer Ted, made some very interesting points that I was shocked to learn. The sounds of animals such as cats and birds have now been copyrighted. This is copyright to the extreme and does not allow for any creative expression washout worrying of the consequences. These are sounds of nature and certainly shouldn’t be marked as copyright for someone to make money off!

What are your thoughts?

-P

Sources:

Alaneo Gloor, “Face the music” YouTube video, June 4 2012.

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/illegally-downloading-music-impact-music-industry-27748.html

 

 

Accurate.

Whilst reading through the pre reading for my BCM112 lecture week I was quite confused with what I was presented with. A new concept, a foreign term I had never heard before. To be honest it kind of scared me and I contemplated if this was really the subject for me because I just could not wrap my head around the concept. What exactly was this the “medium is the message”? I came into the lecture feeling nervous and quickly consulted other students and asked them if they knew what the heck was going on, some did, some didn’t. Glad some could relate, scared some couldn’t. Despite my skeptical thoughts, this weeks BCM112 lecture was quite mentally stimulating for me. The last week i have been stressing about what is was that I was going too for my digital artifact, and most importantly how in the world it was going to relate to this so called the media is the message concept but after the lecture I gained the clarity I needed and I finally understood “The medium is the message” concept. Once I understood this, I found this idea by Marshall McLuhan quite interesting! I found it quite intriguing that McLuhan argued its not necessary the content but the way it is presented that we should be aware of! For example its not the content of our phones that we should be looking at but the phones themselves and how it has completely changed and reshaped the way our society runs, even down to the way we set up our rooms surrounding power points.

I found this video very stimulating aswell and it helped me to understand exactly what the medium is the message was.

Source: Folding ideas, “The medium is the message” YouTube video, September 24 2015.

-P