Words, worlds and narratives: transmedia and immersion

Intro -- Words, Worlds and Narratives: Transmedia and Immersion -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: Words, Worlds and Narratives -- Part I Narrative Production and Narrative Experience in the Transmedia World -- Narrative Slips 'Between the Cup and the Lip': Transmedia 'Gaps' as Migratory Paths between the Hugos -- 'The Controller is Mightier than the Pen!' Narrative Space in Video Games -- The Transmedia Vampire: From Bram Stoker's Dracula to HBO's True Blood -- Part II Transmedia Fandoms and Community Formation -- Adaptations: Primitive Transmedia Narratives? -- Oh, the Angst! Emotional Immersion in Jane Austen Fan Fiction -- Control, Destroy, Merge, Refuse, Retake: Players, the Author Function and the Mass Effect Ending Controversy -- Distorted Riffs of Authenticity: The Production of Extreme Metal Music in Context of the Live Gig -- Part III Immersive Words / Immersive Worlds: Digging into Transmedia Projects -- Designing and Constructing Storyworlds for Multiplatform Participatory Narratives -- 'Parallel Realities': Salman Rushdie's Experiment with Transmedia Narratives -- Paula Queen of the Gypsies -- What Everyone Knows About Stories.

Preliminary Material /Eric Forcier and Tawnya Ravy -- Narrative Slips 'Between the Cup and the Lip': Transmedia 'Gaps' as Migratory Paths between the Hugos /Phil Fitzsimmons and Edie Lanphar -- 'The Controller is Mightier than the Pen!' Narrative Space in Video Games /Eric Forcier -- The Transmedia Vampire: From Bram Stoker's Dracula to HBO's True Blood /Simon Bacon -- Adaptations: Primitive Transmedia Narratives? /Maria Dicieanu -- Oh, the Angst! Emotional Immersion in Jane Austen Fan Fiction /Veerle Van Steenhuyse -- Control, Destroy, Merge, Refuse, Retake: Players, the Author Function and the Mass Effect Ending Controversy /Sarah Christina Ganzon -- Distorted Riffs of Authenticity: The Production of Extreme Metal Music in Context of the Live Gig /Gabrielle Riches -- Designing and Constructing Storyworlds for Multiplatform Participatory Narratives /Natalie Krikowa -- 'Parallel Realities': Salman Rushdie's Experiment with Transmedia Narratives /Tawnya Ravy -- Paula Queen of the Gypsies /Judith E. Johnson -- What Everyone Knows About Stories /Judith E. Johnson , Simon Bacon , Maria Dicieanu , Shawn Edrei , Eric Forcier , Sarah Christina Ganzon , Natalie Krikowa , Tawnya Ravy , Gabrielle Riches and Veerle Van Steenhuyse.