The Futures of Entertainment is an annual event which explores the current state and future of media properties, brands, and audiences and the way these groups interact and intersect with one another. By combining a mix of leading media studies scholars and cutting-edge media and marketing practitioners from a diverse range of locations and sectors--in conjunction with fans, activists, journalists, analysts, and other voices--in lengthy discussion, this two-day conference explores how the media industries are evolving, how storytelling is changing and the shifting dynamics in how people relate to media properties and brands.
In addition to this cornerstone event, the core researchers and practitioners that comprise the Futures of Entertainment community collaborate throughout the year and provide a steady stream of individual and collaborative work aimed at addressing many of the issues tackled at the conference. The Futures of Entertainment website provides a home for updates on the research and publications of FoE Fellows, the Futures of Entertainment conference, and its sister event, Transmedia Hollywood, which is a collaboration between the University of Southern California and the University of California-Los Angeles.
Save the Date
Transmedia Hollywood - April 6, 2012 (USC Cinema)
Futures of Entertainment Latin America - August 2012 (Details TBA)
Futures of Entertainment 5 - The Videos
Nov. 11-12, 2011
Thank you to the FOE5 organizing committee, FOE Fellows, moderators, panelists, sponsors and conference attendees for making FOE5 such a successful and informative event.
All the videos from the 2011 Futures of Entertainment Conference can be found at the following link:
http://ttv.mit.edu/collections/convergenceculture/videos
Individual Links are also available below.
FOE5/MIT CMS Communications Forum Event:
Cities and the Future of Entertainment
Day One:
Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Society
Collaboration? Emerging Models for Audiences to Participate in Entertainment Decision-Making
Creating with the Crowd: Crowdsourcing for Funding, Producing and Circulating Media Content
Here We Are Now (Entertain Us): Location, Mobile, and How Data Tells Stories
At What Cost?: The Privacy Issues that Must Be Considered in a Digital World
Day Two:
The Futures of Serialized Storytelling
The Futures of Children's Media
The Futures of Nonfiction Storytelling
Information on previous conferences can be found here.
FoE maintains a weblog where we post the notes and commentary of our FoE fellows on current events in the media industries, marketing, and media studies. Below are links to the three most recent pieces featured on the blog.
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