Transmedia selves: identity and persona creation in the age of mobile and multiplatform media

Dalby, J and Freeman, M, eds. (2023) Transmedia selves: identity and persona creation in the age of mobile and multiplatform media. Routledge, Abingdon. ISBN 9780367680572

Abstract

This book examines the mediated shift in the contemporary human condition, focusing on the ways in which we synthesise with media content in daily life, essentially transmediating ourselves into new forms and (re)creating ourselves across media. Across an international roster of essays, this book establishes a transdisciplinary theory for the ‘transmedia self’, exploring how technological ubiquity and digital self-determination combine with themes and disciplines such as celebrity culture, fandom, play, politics, and ultimately broader self-conception and projection to inform the creation of transmedia identities in the twenty-first century. Specifically, the book repositions transmediality as key to understanding the formation of identity in a post-digital media culture and transmedia age, where our lives are interlaced, intermingled, and narrativised across a range of media platforms and interfaces.

Item Type:	Book
Divisions:	Bath School of Art, Film and Media
Research Centres and Groups:	Centre for Media Research
Date Deposited:	07 Sep 2023 15:00
Last Modified:	14 Nov 2023 11:33
URI / Page ID:	https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/15694

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