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Internet research spans many disciplines. From the computer or
information s- ences, through engineering, and to social sciences,
humanities and the arts, almost all of our disciplines have made
contributions to internet research, whether in the effort to
understand the effect of the internet on their area of study, or to
investigate the social and political changes related to the
internet, or to design and develop so- ware and hardware for the
network. The possibility and extent of contributions of internet
research vary across disciplines, as do the purposes, methods, and
outcomes. Even the epistemological underpinnings differ widely. The
internet, then, does not have a discipline of study for itself: It
is a ?eld for research (Baym, 2005), an open environment that
simultaneously supports many approaches and techniques not
otherwise commensurable with each other. There are, of course, some
inhibitions that limit explorations in this ?eld: research ethics,
disciplinary conventions, local and national norms, customs, laws,
borders, and so on. Yet these limits on the int- net as a ?eld for
research have not prevented the rapid expansion and exploration of
the internet. After nearly two decades of research and scholarship,
the limits are a positive contribution, providing bases for
discussion and interrogation of the contexts of our research,
making internet research better for all. These 'limits,' challenges
that constrain the theoretically limitless space for internet
research, create boundaries that give de?nition to the ?eld and
provide us with a particular topography that enables research and
investigation.
In this pioneering new book, authors Klastrup and Tosca explore the
many ways that transmedial worlds are present in people's everyday
life, proposing a new theory of (trans)media use for the digital
age. People are not only reading, watching and playing in fictional
worlds like never before, but also using them to reflect about
their lives through Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and other channels,
commenting on their marriages or their life at the office,
analyzing current news, or reminiscing on the role these worlds
played in their childhood. The book's unique methodological
approach combines an aesthetic and literary perspective that looks
closely at the different fictional universes, with an empirical
user perspective that builds upon 15 years of sustained work on
transmediality. The result is a theory that covers both the
personal, experiential dimension of fictional worlds and the social
dimension of sharing with each other. A fascinating and
contemporary examination of media worlds and their communities,
this book offers students and scholars of fandom, media, cultural
and reception studies a new theoretical and methodological
framework, through which to understand the phenomenon of
transmedial worlds, and people's engagement with them.
In this pioneering new book, authors Klastrup and Tosca explore the
many ways that transmedial worlds are present in people's everyday
life, proposing a new theory of (trans)media use for the digital
age. People are not only reading, watching and playing in fictional
worlds like never before, but also using them to reflect about
their lives through Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and other channels,
commenting on their marriages or their life at the office,
analyzing current news, or reminiscing on the role these worlds
played in their childhood. The book's unique methodological
approach combines an aesthetic and literary perspective that looks
closely at the different fictional universes, with an empirical
user perspective that builds upon 15 years of sustained work on
transmediality. The result is a theory that covers both the
personal, experiential dimension of fictional worlds and the social
dimension of sharing with each other. A fascinating and
contemporary examination of media worlds and their communities,
this book offers students and scholars of fandom, media, cultural
and reception studies a new theoretical and methodological
framework, through which to understand the phenomenon of
transmedial worlds, and people's engagement with them.
Internet research spans many disciplines. From the computer or
information s- ences, through engineering, and to social sciences,
humanities and the arts, almost all of our disciplines have made
contributions to internet research, whether in the effort to
understand the effect of the internet on their area of study, or to
investigate the social and political changes related to the
internet, or to design and develop so- ware and hardware for the
network. The possibility and extent of contributions of internet
research vary across disciplines, as do the purposes, methods, and
outcomes. Even the epistemological underpinnings differ widely. The
internet, then, does not have a discipline of study for itself: It
is a ?eld for research (Baym, 2005), an open environment that
simultaneously supports many approaches and techniques not
otherwise commensurable with each other. There are, of course, some
inhibitions that limit explorations in this ?eld: research ethics,
disciplinary conventions, local and national norms, customs, laws,
borders, and so on. Yet these limits on the int- net as a ?eld for
research have not prevented the rapid expansion and exploration of
the internet. After nearly two decades of research and scholarship,
the limits are a positive contribution, providing bases for
discussion and interrogation of the contexts of our research,
making internet research better for all. These 'limits, '
challenges that constrain the theoretically limitless space for
internet research, create boundaries that give de?nition to the
?eld and provide us with a particular topography that enables
research and investigation.
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