Crossing media boundaries: adaptations and new media forms of the book
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University of BedfordshireIssue Date
2014-01-14Subjects
adaptationactivism
audiences
film
augmented reality
book history
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ebook
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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.Citation
Weedon, A., Miller, D., Franco, C.P., Moorhead, D., Pearce, S. (2014) 'Crossing media boundaries: adaptations and new media forms of the book', Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies 20 (1):108Publisher
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1354-85651748-7382
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