Lostology: Transmedia storytelling and expansion/compression strategies
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Carlos A. Scolari
Carlos A. Scolari (b. 1963) is a professor at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra 〈carlosalberto.scolari@upf.edu 〉. His research interests include semiotics of interfaces and HCI, theories of digital interactive communication, media ecology, and transmedia storytelling. His publications include “Digital Eco_Logy: Umberto Eco and a semiotic approach to digital communication” (2009); “Desfasados: Las formas de conocimiento que estamos perdiendo, recuperando y ganando” (2009); “The sense of the interface: applying Semiotics to HCI research” (2009); and “Media ecology: Map of a theoretical niche” (2010).
Abstract
The objective of this article is to analyze Lost from the perspective of transmedia storytelling and to propose a taxonomy of transmedia expansion/compression strategies. In the first section, the article presents the basic components of transmedia storytelling from a theoretical point of view that combines narratology and semiotics. After describing the most important components of Lost's transmedia fictional universe in the second section, the article presents a general description and taxonomy of expansion/compression narrative strategies based on traditional rhetorical categories. The article also analyzes “compressed texts” – like recapitulations – and their role inside the expansive strategies.
About the author
Carlos A. Scolari (b. 1963) is a professor at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra 〈carlosalberto.scolari@upf.edu〉. His research interests include semiotics of interfaces and HCI, theories of digital interactive communication, media ecology, and transmedia storytelling. His publications include “Digital Eco_Logy: Umberto Eco and a semiotic approach to digital communication” (2009); “Desfasados: Las formas de conocimiento que estamos perdiendo, recuperando y ganando” (2009); “The sense of the interface: applying Semiotics to HCI research” (2009); and “Media ecology: Map of a theoretical niche” (2010).
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