{"product_id":"9783319939513","title":"Transmedia Storytelling and the Apocalypse","description":"\u003ch1\u003eTransmedia Storytelling and the Apocalypse\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eJoyce, Stephen\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book confronts the question of why our culture is so fascinated by the apocalypse. It ultimately argues that while many see the post-apocalyptic genre as reflective of contemporary fears, it has actually co-evolved with the transformations in our mediascape to become a perfect vehicle for transmedia storytelling. The post-apocalyptic offers audiences a portal to a fantasy world that is at once strange and familiar, offers a high degree of internal consistency and completeness, and allows for a diversity of stories by different creative teams in the same story world. With case studies of franchises such as \u003ci\u003eThe Walking Dead\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Terminator\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTransmedia Storytelling and the Apocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e offers analyses of how shifts in media industries and reception cultures have promoted a new kind of open, world-building narrative across film, television, video games, and print. For transmedia scholars and fans of the genre, this book shows how the end of the world is reallyjust the beginning…\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2018-09-10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783319939513\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-319-93952-0\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 220\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45440870416524,"sku":"9783319939513","price":76.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319939513_5126ecba-f01e-4c6a-8044-449cad3c85f3.jpg?v=1776780531","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783319939513","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}