Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age
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a look at the creative and technical worlds of immersive storytelling
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The Most Innovative Augmented Reality Experiences Of 2012

The Most Innovative Augmented Reality Experiences Of 2012 | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Allie Walker: "With the help of augmented reality, anything from gaming environments, advertisements, TV shows, and educational platforms can be transformed into highly interactive experiences" ...

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TV networks try to connect with young, tech-savvy multitaskers

TV networks try to connect with young, tech-savvy multitaskers | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Los Angeles Times: "With kids watching less live TV, networks are coming up with new ways to reach young viewers on their smartphones, laptops and tablets" ...

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‘Campfire’ fans the flames of social TV community

‘Campfire’ fans the flames of social TV community | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Natan Edelsburg: "Over the last few years, we’ve watched social TV grow primarily through the rise of intense fan cultures that could finally be heard louder than ever before across Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and more" ...

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Surprising reasons why TV should pay attention to Reddit

Surprising reasons why TV should pay attention to Reddit | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Natan Edelsburg: "With a new CEO and a powerful community of TV fans across specific shows, specific characters and more TV networks are starting to see their fans have the most fun and become the most engaged with Reddit."

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Why is SpongeBob is so popular on social? Nickelodeon talks about social TV strategy

Why is SpongeBob is so popular on social? Nickelodeon talks about social TV strategy | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Natan Edelsburg:  "The Viacom owned kids-focused TV network has an extremely diverse group of content that’s adored on linear and social by both their key demos and older ones that can’t stop talking" ...

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How "Game Of Thrones" Pirates Could End A Golden Age Of TV

How "Game Of Thrones" Pirates Could End A Golden Age Of TV | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Robert Levine: "Illegal downloaders of HBO's wildly popular fantasy show could learn a thing or two from the Lannisters about paying debts"...

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Crowdfunding the next hit TV show, meet Mobcaster

Crowdfunding the next hit TV show, meet Mobcaster | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Natan Edelsburg: "A new startup, New York-based Mobcaster is redefining independent television in the age of the social web."

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Infographic: Here’s Every Avenger That Marvel Ever Invented

Infographic: Here’s Every Avenger That Marvel Ever Invented | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Mark Wilson: "[Jer Thorp's infographics] meticulously and elegantly plot the appearance of every one of the 132 Avengers through almost 50 years of issues, with each hero designated by a three-color shield borrowed from Captain America."

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Fandom matters: writers must respect their followers or pay with their careers

Fandom matters: writers must respect their followers or pay with their careers | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Damien Walter: "Science fiction authors have long understood the power of a solid fanbase that knows how to connect and grow through new technology. Mainstream writers, take note" ...

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What kind of second screen viewer are you?

What kind of second screen viewer are you? | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Cory Bergman: "Not every TV viewer is the same, and that also goes for viewers who engage with the second screen" ...

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Virtual Ocean theBlu Takes Social Interaction to New Depths

Virtual Ocean theBlu Takes Social Interaction to New Depths | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Angela Watercutter: "TheBlu, a 'social digital ocean' that launched Friday, is an ambitious web app that turns computers into interactive nature documentaries" ...

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The Cloud Filmmaking Manifesto

The Cloud Filmmaking Manifesto | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Tiffany Shlain: "As a filmmaker who hardly shoots anything and is primarily into remixing and recontextualizing images, this explosion of online video was not only a much bigger candy store than I had ever dreamed of, it also completely changed the way I make films."

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Movie Industry Must Bring The Theater "Home"

Movie Industry Must Bring The Theater "Home" | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

"The downward trend in movie attendance and DVD purchases are really the result of one, simple catch-all word: “technology.” Technological advances in home theater, especially since 2005 have shrunk the difference between watching movies in the home and watching in the theater."

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Augmented Reality by Michael Bartl


Via Timo Ilomäki, Tina Stock
Paul Epping's comment, June 24, 2012 3:04 AM
Nice overview, thanks for sharing
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6 Parent-Approved Social Networks for Kids

6 Parent-Approved Social Networks for Kids | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Neha Prakash: "Kids today are being raised in a social networking revolution. The under-13 generation is fully aware of the power of Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest — things most of their parents and older siblings couldn’t imagine life without" ...

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A nation of audience participation

A nation of audience participation | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Tim Adler: "More and more people are watching live-entertainment television shows while simultaneously interacting with the content on mobile devices. But could 'second-screen' viewing also work for documentaries?"


Image: "Channel 4’s Embarrassing Bodies pioneered audience participation by encouraging viewers to take online tests"

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NASCAR And Twitter Team Up For Audience Growth

NASCAR And Twitter Team Up For Audience Growth | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Neal Ungerleider: "Twitter and NASCAR are debuting a new augmented television project for Sunday's Pocono 400. The partnership goes way beyond hashtags" ...


DRC: And, if you're interested in reading more on motorsport ... The Indianapolis 500: a remarkable test-case in the future of transmedia programming

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Lessons in blogging (and tweeting) from Samuel Pepys

Lessons in blogging (and tweeting) from Samuel Pepys | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Justin Ellis: "Phil Gyford talks about what he learned about writing, tweeting, and context from his just ended, nearly decade-long recreation of the famous diarist's work"...

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'True Blood,' 'Twilight' Sink Teeth Into Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]

'True Blood,' 'Twilight' Sink Teeth Into Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC] | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Brian Anthony Hernandez: "How do vampire series "True Blood," "Twilight" and "Vampire Diaries" stack up against each other in terms of social media prowess?"

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Tweeting TV: How Twitter Has Changed The Business Of Television

Tweeting TV: How Twitter Has Changed The Business Of Television | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Maggie Furlong: "Social media has become such a huge part of the TV landscape that any network not securing a simple, memorable handle for their new shows is way behind"...

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How FOX is the most social TV network

How FOX is the most social TV network | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Natan Edelsburg: "The past year has been a defining one for the network’s social TV efforts. Partnering with Twitter for DM-based voting for X Factor and launching “Touch,” the first ever global social launch were just among their many innovations."

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TV Storytellers Push Plots, Characters Beyond Small Screen Into Social Media

TV Storytellers Push Plots, Characters Beyond Small Screen Into Social Media | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Jeanine Poggi: "TV programmers are using social platforms to break through the traditional confines of storytelling that limit plots to just the small screen."

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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows gets second-screen iPad app

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows gets second-screen iPad app | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Stuart Dredge: "Second-screen apps are all the rage in the TV industry, but the idea is catching on for the film world too" ...

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Why Did Kony 2012 Fizzle? The Burn-Out of a Social Media Meteor

Why Did Kony 2012 Fizzle? The Burn-Out of a Social Media Meteor | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Sharon Waxman: "Kony 2012, the movement that streaked across global media like a righteous comet in early March, was meant to shake the world with a night of action on April 20, last Friday."

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How Interactive Ebooks Engage Readers and Enhance Learning

How Interactive Ebooks Engage Readers and Enhance Learning | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
What's the difference between an ebook, an app and an interactive ebook?


DRC:  This article provides an in-depth, but easy to understand answer.  It's well worth a read.

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