Friday, October 16, 2009

genre as contract

Never underestimate the power of genre expectations!

Henry Jenkins on an old idea:

http://www.henryjenkins.org/2007/05/genre_theory_and_implicit_cont.html

Genre criticism overview:

http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/Shariyar-51127-Genre-Criticism-as-Education-ppt-powerpoint/

Genre as a reusable pattern:

http://www.webwritingthatworks.com/CPATTERNGenres.htm

3 comments:

  1. rise & fall of game genres:

    http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20070515/cook_01.shtml

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  2. designing genres for new media:

    http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/pagre/genre.html

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  3. Lev Manovich on 'database as a genre of new media':

    http://vv.arts.ucla.edu/AI_Society/manovich.html

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