Transmedia Storytelling and the Apocalypse

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Joyce, Stephen (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Motion pictures.; Motion pictures > Production and direction.; Film/TV Industry.; Film and TV Production.; Film/TV Technology.

This book confronts the question of why our culture is so fascinated by the apocalypse. It ultimately argues that while many see the post-apocalyptic genre as reflective of contemporary fears, it has actually co-evolved with the transformations in our mediascape to become a perfect vehicle for trans...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I: Portal
• 1. Doomsday Dreaming
• 2. The End of the Media as We Know It
• 3. The Appeal of the Apocalypse
• Part II: Post-Apocalypse
• 4. The Ending of I Am Legend
• 5. Battlestar Galactica's Post-9/11 Apocalypse
• 6. World Building and World Destroying in BioShock and The Last of Us
• 7. Convergence Publishing and Prestige Niches
• 8. Antichrist Obama and the Doomsday Preppers
• Part III: Paradigms
• 9. The Many Deaths of The Terminator
• 10. The Many Lives of The Walking Dead
• 11. Epilogue: After the End.