Ilya Ryvin Honors Thesis Colloquium Prof. Lee Quinby Position Paper #2 This begs the question: What is transmedia storytelling? Transmedia Storytelling: What Is It? On April 6, 2010, the Producers Guild of America made an announcement that many in the media industry were waiting for: the expansion of the Guild’s Producers Code of Credits to […]

Ilya Ryvin Position Paper The Evolution of Television: The Road to Transmedia Storytelling In his book Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide, renowned media analyst Henry Jenkins argues that we have entered a new era of media engagement. He has dubbed this the era of “convergence culture,” identifying the three key concepts that […]

Askwith, Ivan D. “Television 2.0: Reconceptualizing TV as an Engagement Medium.” Thesis. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. Web. 19 Oct. 2010. . Askwith argues that television is at a crucial point, one where the medium is moving away from passive audience engagement towards more interactive audience engagement. With this change, he believes that television needs […]

Ilya Ryvin Proposal Paper LOST represents a moment of narrative transition in television, one where show runners are starting to understand that they are not restricted to one medium. In fact, Executive producers like Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse understand that by spreading their narratives across a number of different platforms, they are creating a […]

Ilya Ryvin Proposal Paper LOST represents a moment of narrative transition in television, one where show runners are starting to understand that they are not restricted to one medium. In fact, Executive producers like Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse understand that by spreading their narratives across a number of different platforms, they are creating a […]