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a look at the creative and technical worlds of immersive storytelling
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Tweeting TV: How Twitter Has Changed The Business Of Television

Tweeting TV: How Twitter Has Changed The Business Of Television | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Maggie Furlong: "Social media has become such a huge part of the TV landscape that any network not securing a simple, memorable handle for their new shows is way behind"...

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How Helen Klein Ross Brings @BettyDraper to Life

How Helen Klein Ross Brings @BettyDraper to Life | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Have you ever finished watching your favorite TV show and felt like something was missing? Maybe you wished the story arc was different, a particular scene was added, or a minor character had more of a prominent role.

 

"The woman behind the Twitter account for @BettyDraper talks about what its like to manage the Mad Men character's account."


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Twitter Comedy: How to Be Funny in 140 Characters

Twitter Comedy: How to Be Funny in 140 Characters | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Comedy is king on Twitter. Professional humorists and armchair standups alike have amassed legions of followers that hang on every 140-character quip.
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Twitter trends changing live TV

Twitter trends changing live TV | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Twitter executives are increasingly working with TV editors during live shows to help them know what’s trending on the site and how to change footage accordingly.

 

[Another good article on the way Film & Television is using Twitter can be found @scoopit http://bit.ly/u31zsM]

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Steve Martin to Turn Tweets Into Book

Steve Martin to Turn Tweets Into Book | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Steve Martin is planning to turn his tweets into an upcoming for-charity book.
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40 hashtags for social good

40 hashtags for social good | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Sending a tweet into the Twitterverse without a proper tag is like stocking a library with no regard to author or subject matter.
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Twittamentary: the Twitter film that explores where social media is @

Twittamentary: the Twitter film that explores where social media is @ | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
This search for a human angle is what makes Twittamentary so watchable. The introductory scene gives the viewer a brief grounding in what Twitter is and some of the numbers around the site – 350m tweets a day – to give a sense of scale. Then the stories take centre stage.
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Strange Tweets Haunt Syfy Series

Strange Tweets Haunt Syfy Series | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Twitter is branching out somewhere new – television drama.
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Twitter UK boss says social TV happens whether broadcasters like it or not

Twitter UK boss says social TV happens whether broadcasters like it or not | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Tony Wang: "Broadcasters are not the ones to choose whether to have social TV. It happens whether they like it or not. But they have a choice about how to harness that social TV energy"

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The story of the Titanic is being live-tweeted in the build up to its 100-year anniversary

The story of the Titanic is being live-tweeted in the build up to its 100-year anniversary | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
The RMS Titanic is perhaps the most famous of all maritime disaster stories, sinking in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after hitting an iceberg en-route from Southampton, England, to New York...


A look at The History Press' new media campaign to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.  It includes:  the @TitanicRealTime twitter feed and an app Titanic: Her Journey.

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15 Twitter Feeds Every Doc Filmmaker Should Follow

15 Twitter Feeds Every Doc Filmmaker Should Follow | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

In many ways, 2011 marks the year that independent documentary filmmakers found their voice on Twitter...

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5 Ways the Film and TV Industries Use Twitter

5 Ways the Film and TV Industries Use Twitter | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Entertainment and social media are intersecting at a frenetic pace. Here's a look at how the small and big screens are utilizing Twitter with great results.
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Twitter and TV Get Close to Help Each Other Grow

Twitter and TV Get Close to Help Each Other Grow | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Next week, viewers of “The X-Factor” can vote for a singer via Twitter in a partnership intended to strengthen the symbiotic relationship between television and the Web site.
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Tweeting TV? It sounds like Twelevision

Tweeting TV? It sounds like Twelevision | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Twelevision is an app that collects the conversations that are happening in real-time on Twitter about free-to-air TV shows in Australia and churns them out to iPhone and iPad in a slick, intuitive way.
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How to write Interactive Fiction for Twitter

How to write Interactive Fiction for Twitter | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Growing up, the first taste I had for interactive media was through "Choose Your Own Adventure" books, which ended each scene with a choice that the reader must make....

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