Writing for New Media 2

Question 1

ambiguities of new media

Answer 1

• ambiguity of authorship (whose story is it? who created this?)
• ambiguity of consumption and usage (how was it made? how do you engage with it?)
• ambiguity of ownership (who owns this?)
• ambiguity of marketing and entertaining (which one is it?)

Question 2

ambiguity of authorship

Answer 2

• participation culture (we’re all creators and consumers of culture)
• mash-up and remix culture (using characters and making them your own, manipulating them)
• implications (copyright or open-source? Audience or active community?)

Question 3

templates for new media

Answer 3

• traditional vs.
• interactive vs.
• braided multi-linear vs.
• multi-linear vs.
• tree branch

Question 4

ambiguities of composition

Answer 4

• transliterarcy and convergence
• temporality in narrative
• usage: fact vs. fiction, game vs. story

Question 5

ambiguities of ownership

Answer 5

• free or not free?
• the tyranny of content (is it really just an ad? do we care?)
• not giving up -> optimism -> Churchill

Question 6

John Bois: New media case study

Answer 6

• sports simulation article/experiment helped him gain popularity
• created different scenarios, invited audience participation, etc.