Archive for the ‘fan culture’ Category
Monday, March 24th, 2008
I'm very pleased that the 'Beyond Broadcasting' issue of Media International Australia is out, not only because it features some excellent articles asking some great questions about the future of television in the era of digital communication, but also because it features an article of mine that I've been thinking ...
Posted in Battlestar Galactica, Ponderings, convergence, fan culture, participatory culture, personal, tv, tyranny of digital distance | No Comments »
Sunday, November 18th, 2007
In a seven-minute special filmed for the Children in Need Appeal in the UK, the current Doctor, David Tennant meets his earlier, fifth, incarnation Peter Davison. The episode is largely fan service, but it's still a good little clip. Check it out here: Oh, and for those fans who noticed ...
Posted in fan culture, tv, youtube | 2 Comments »
Friday, September 21st, 2007
CALL FOR PAPERS - STATE OF THE ART: SCIENCE FICTION HISTORIES
Perth, Western Australia, 22nd-23rd March 2008
In his recent history of the genre, Roger Luckhurst argues that the marginalisation of Science Fiction (SF) from the literary establishment helped readers and writers to identify its conventions. Fandom blossomed from ...
Posted in Call for Papers, Perth, australia, conference, fan culture | 1 Comment »
Friday, August 31st, 2007
I gather this has been around for a month at least, but I thought this mash of The Simpsons and Star Wars by Rich Cando (of Dude Films fame) was too good not to share: [Via]
Posted in fan culture, mashup, youtube | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
Chuck tagged me a few days ago with the Eight Things meme; although I'm generally fairly anti-meme, I've been enjoying a bit of back and forth with Chuck in his blog and on del.icio.us, so figured I could add one more procrastination on a writing day. Apparently, I have to start with ...
Posted in Ponderings, blogs, fan culture, personal, spider-man | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007
I am more than litte pleased to see my two LOL Therorist Henry Jenkins pictures have come to Henry's attention and he's actually reposted them in his own blog!
Of course, that couldn't possible be the end of the circle, so ...
Make sure you continue to tune in to LOL Theorists ...
Posted in fan culture, loltheorists, mashup, participatory culture | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
The 4400 has taken to viral marketing dramatically in order to build the word before the upcoming fourth season of the TV show. According to AdWeek: To promote the new season of The 4400 on USA Network, Campfire has created a wide-ranging interactive world consisting of 80 videos that run from 30 seconds to ...
Posted in advertising, blogs, convergence, fan culture, marketing, tv, web2.0 | No Comments »
Sunday, May 13th, 2007
Marvel's statues folk have really out-done themselves with these uber-sexist models of Mary-Jane:
As one would rightly imagine, there is considerable disappointment and outrage about this image. While comic books have never exact been modest in their representation of women (or men), this particular statue is ridiculously misogynistic and ...
Posted in comics, fan culture, spider-man | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007
I just submitted an abstract for the Media International Australia special issue 'Beyond Broadcasting: TV for the Twenty-first Century'. Here it is:
“We’re sorry, but the clip you selected isn’t available from your location:” Watching Battlestar Galactica in Australia and the Tyranny of Digital Distance
[Figure 1. Screen-capture from http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/, 11 September ...
Posted in Battlestar Galactica, australia, bittorrent, convergence, copyright, fan culture, participatory culture, tv, tyranny of digital distance | 11 Comments »
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
John, Paul, George, Ringo ... and a world full of Zombies! If you thought it'd never happen, then you were wrong, because wonderous world of video mashups can bring two classics together to make A Hard Day's Night of the Living Dead ...
It's the best Beatles clip since the ...
Posted in convergence, fan culture, mashup, participatory culture, youtube | 1 Comment »
