Futures of Entertainment 4
Hosted by the Convergence Culture Consortium at MIT, Futures of Entertainment brings together scholars and key thinkers from television, advertising, marketing, and entertainment industries to discuss the unfolding future of the entertainment landscape.
Held at MIT, the event takes place over Friday and Saturday, November 20 & 21, 2009
LOCATION:
Friday, November 20:
E25-111 (MIT Medical Center – 1st Floor)
Saturday, November 21:
E51-345 (Tang Center – 3rd Floor)If you’d like updates…
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Producing Transmedia Experiences: Participation & Play
The transmedia experience seems to be born out of artistry, methodology and sometimes plain luck; the process though, is still... -
Free? Contemporary Media Business Models
Whether it’s “freemium”, tip-jar, VOD everybody is trying to figure out what the next business model should be? How do... -
Unboxing the Medium
This panel is all about boundaries, where they are, how the are being pushed and how do these shifts affect... -
Transmedia for Social Change
Is it possible for fan participation to have real life consequences? Is transmedia destined to be “only” entertainment and marketing,... -
Producing Transmedia Experiences: Stories in a Cross-Platform World
How do you think this panel should shape up? What questions should our moderator ask? Go to the comments section... -
Changing Audiences, Changing Methodologies
Hey you! Researcher, strategist, media expert, television viewer, consumer, participant, friend! What do you think this panel should address? What... -
Help Us Build FOE
One of the aspects we, at the Convergence Culture Consortium, enjoy the most about FOE is that, not only... -
About the conference
Convergence has moved swiftly from buzzword to industry logic. The creation of transmedia storyworlds, understanding how to appeal to migratory... -
FOE 4: This year’s event
This year’s conference will feature an entire day dedicated to unpacking some of the buzz around the creative and business... -
What to Expect – Keynotes
In addition to panel discussions, Futures of Entertainment serves as a launching point for new concepts. Professor Henry Jenkins’ keynote... -
What to Expect – Conversations
In addition to panel discussion, we like to use Futures of Entertainment as a place to bring important thinkers together.... -
What to Expect – Panel Discussion
Where does value come from in the media evolving media landscape? In a medium rooted in the popularity of content,... -
About the Consortium
Futures of Entertainment is a presentation of the Convergence Culture Consortium. The Convergence Culture Consortium (C3) explores the ways the...
