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Opowieść transmedialna – znak naszych czasów
Transmedia story – sign of the times

Author(s): Magdalena Boczkowska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: transmediality; convergence; media; fiction

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the so-called transmedia stories that have become more popular in the epoch of media convergence. Transmedia texts are the texts that tell their stories using different media, for example television, Internet or literature. Transmediality can be regarded as a kind of intertextuality. The author also presents several novels whose plot as well as other elements (for example fictive author) refer to popular TV series.

  • Issue Year: 14/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 125-137
  • Page Count: 13