Centre for International Media Analysis, Research & ConsultancyCIMARC represents the outward facing and international dimensions
of our research culture. It offers media consultancy and training;
develops links, contacts and networks; encourages research
development; seeks research funding; and stages events, seminars
and conferences.http://hdl.handle.net/10547/1322552024-03-16T14:10:57Z2024-03-16T14:10:57ZThe economics of printWeedon, Alexishttp://hdl.handle.net/10547/5948812017-12-01T10:57:34Z2010-01-01T00:00:00ZThe economics of print
Weedon, Alexis
2010-01-01T00:00:00ZThe commercialization of television in Switzerland : a matter of neighboursCola, MartaPrario, Benedettahttp://hdl.handle.net/10547/5948782016-01-26T12:33:05Z2013-01-01T00:00:00ZThe commercialization of television in Switzerland : a matter of neighbours
Cola, Marta; Prario, Benedetta
2013-01-01T00:00:00ZThe book as a dynamic system for the commodification of ideas and cultural expressionsWeedon, Alexishttp://hdl.handle.net/10547/5948762020-04-23T07:34:22Z2012-06-01T00:00:00ZThe book as a dynamic system for the commodification of ideas and cultural expressions
Weedon, Alexis
Today, the book is challenged by the Internet as a source of information, and by other media as a vehicle for national culture, and yet it retains its privileged place as a valued and venerated vehicle for literary culture. Through an exploration of contemporary changes in publishing set against a historical understanding of the conceptual origins of copyright, I propose a redefinition of the book. I argue that the book is a dynamic system for the commodification of ideas and cultural expressions. As a system rather than a material object the book packages, stores, verifies, gatekeeps, permits trade by allowing transference of ownership, and verifies by documenting previous ownership of texts on which its ideas are built. Through this system creative, artistic, innovative, and cutting edge scientific ideas reach an audience. This is where its economic value and cultural worth lies.
2012-06-01T00:00:00ZCrossing media boundaries: adaptations and new media forms of the bookWeedon, AlexisMiller, DavidFranco, Claudio PiresMoorhead, DavidPearce, Samanthahttp://hdl.handle.net/10547/5833972020-08-11T10:44:25Z2014-01-14T00:00:00ZCrossing media boundaries: adaptations and new media forms of the book
Weedon, Alexis; Miller, David; Franco, Claudio Pires; Moorhead, David; Pearce, Samantha
t is necessary to continuously review the definition of the book moving from one bound by its material form to one determined by its function as a means of communication. The book’s social function as the high status vehicle for communicating new ideas and cultural expressions is being challenged by sophisticated systems of conveying meaning in other media. In this article, we report on two projects: electronic book (e-book) publication and reader forum for Nature Mage and the transmedia augmented reality (AR) fiction Sherwood Rise, which investigate these issues. Claudio Pires Franco’s work is based on the adaptation of a source work: Duncan Pile’s Nature Mage. The project aims to develop the book from e-book to a fan-produced enhanced digital book. Through this practice-based research, Franco investigates the definitions and classification of the e and i forms of the book and adaptation in new media; the role of the author in creative collaboration with readers through online forums; the extension of the story world through creative collaboration and reader participation while respecting and safeguarding creative properties. One remove from the traditional book, David Miller’s Sherwood Rise, research the user experience with AR to examine narrative problems and explore new storytelling aesthetics. These new media forms define the outer borders of the book system within which content is formed and moulded, and around which society is shaped.
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