Archive for August, 2013

Disney Infinity: Behind the P(l)aywall [Part Three]

August 29, 2013
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Disney Infinity: Behind the P(l)aywall [Part Three]

Disney's latest venture aims to earn much of its value through creativity, but you'll have to play—and pay—for it.
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Disney Infinity: A Promotional Platform [Part Two]

August 28, 2013
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Disney Infinity: A Promotional Platform [Part Two]

Thinking about Infinity as a replacement for licensed tie-ins—as opposed to the creative revolution they claim—may still be overestimating Disney’s plans.
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Disney Infinity: A Low-Risk Revolution [Part One]

August 27, 2013
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Disney Infinity: A Low-Risk Revolution [Part One]

Disney Interactive's big gaming industry play comes with rhetoric of revolution, and a business model built on the success of other gaming platforms.
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Breaking Bad Breakdown: Title Tricking

August 26, 2013
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Breaking Bad Breakdown: Title Tricking

This week we get plenty of confessions, but not the ones we might have expected.
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The Diets of the Goldbergs

August 20, 2013
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The Diets of the Goldbergs

Jennifer Lynn Jones explores dieting episodes in the classic family sitcom, The Goldbergs.
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Breaking Bad Breakdown: Digging Down

August 19, 2013
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Breaking Bad Breakdown: Digging Down

All of the characters are digging themselves out, and deeper, after last week's confrontation.
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What Are You Missing? Aug 5 – Aug 18

August 18, 2013
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What Are You Missing? Aug 5 – Aug 18

Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Deadline Extended: The Velvet Light Trap CFP: On Sound (New Directions in Sound Studies)

August 16, 2013
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Deadline Extended: <i>The Velvet Light Trap</i> CFP: On Sound (New Directions in Sound Studies)

The Editorial Board of The Velvet Light Trap has extended the deadline for its forthcoming "On Sound (New Directions in Sound Studies)" issue to September 1. In particular, VLT seeks sound-related research that addresses issues and topics in radio, television, video games, digital/new media, and other non-film media. Read on for the CFP.
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From Mercury to Mars: War of the Worlds as Residual Radio

August 15, 2013
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From Mercury to Mars: <i>War of the Worlds</i> as Residual Radio

In Antenna's first post in the From Mercury to Mars: Orson Welles on Radio after 75 Years collaborative series with Sounding Out!, Eleanor Patterson explores how it is that we are still listening to the 1938 radio broadcast of "War of the Worlds" 75 years later, and in what ways its discursive and material...
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Let’s talk about search: Some lessons from building Lantern

August 14, 2013
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Let’s talk about search: Some lessons from building Lantern

This week, Lantern, a search and visualization platform for the Media History Digital Library, reached its first wide public.
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Embracing Fan Creativity in Transmedia Storytelling (LeakyCon Portland)

August 13, 2013
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Embracing Fan Creativity in Transmedia Storytelling (LeakyCon Portland)

LeakyCon's value lies in its participants’ willingness to forgo boundaries and to explore what new connections happen as a result of creative mergers and blendings.
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Breaking Bad Breakdown: Fast Forwarding

August 12, 2013
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Breaking Bad Breakdown: Fast Forwarding

Breaking Bad returns from almost a year off to reset our timeframes and set-up its endgame.
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Redefining the Performance of Masculinity at LeakyCon Portland

August 11, 2013
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Redefining the Performance of Masculinity at LeakyCon Portland

Part six of a seven-part series: LeakyCon’s space alters norms of masculine performance, creating a set of genderqueer performance aesthetics tailored to its fangirl attendees.
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From Mercury to Mars: Introducing Antenna’s New Radio Studies Series

August 9, 2013
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From Mercury to Mars: Introducing Antenna’s New Radio Studies Series

Antenna is pleased to announce the launch of a 12-part, 6-month long series entitled From Mercury to Mars: Orson Welles on Radio after 75 Years. A partnership between Antenna and Sounding Out!, the series is commemorating the 75th anniversary of the "War of the Worlds" broadcast this October by offering a range of critical...
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Teach Hacks: Creating Clips from DVDs

August 8, 2013
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Teach Hacks: Creating Clips from DVDs

Extracting clips from DVDs is and will continue to be a crucial skill for media educators and researchers even as cloud and streaming services threaten DVDs; here's how to do it.
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