links for 2006-05-08
Posted: May 8th, 2006 | Author: alicetiara | Filed under: internet culture | 1 Comment »-
Fantastic article by my new fave media studies prof Henry Jenkins, who talks about the emergence of direct global markets for TV as a result of BitTorrent. This guy is teh genius and I cited him 3 times (in 1992, 2003 and 2006) in my latest paper.
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So awesome, Wiki tool to produce citations for Wiki pages. And, um, I know I shouldn’t use Wikipedia but where else can I get an official list of all the countries the Pop Idol franchise has aired in?
[...] vía tiara.org: henry jenkins: i want my geek tv “Many of us who study fan cultures have marveled at how quickly fan communities mobilize around new television series. Fan websites such as Ain’t It Cool News get early information about new series, especially those which are prone to develop cult followings. Many fans start registering domain names and forming web circles based on the first news of a fan-friendly series. And producers are becoming more adept at tapping into fan networks from the get-go. By the time the first episode airs, fans start generating fan fiction and commentary if they like what they see. We will see this scenario play out several times as the new shows hit the airwaves in the coming weeks.” sigue… Posted by nettizen Filed in reflejos [...]