Im Zentrum des Beitrags steht die Konturierung eines spezifischen Figurenbegriffs aus dem
japanologischen Diskurs, der in weiten Medienbereichen zur Anwendung kommen kann …

Abstract Was ist digitales Lesen? Wie gehen Lesende mit der digitalen Angebotsfülle um?
Individuelle Bewältigungsmechanismen reichen oft nicht mehr aus, um diese …

Blockbuster franchises have come to dominate the cinematic landscape of the 21st century
and a significant portion of popular culture in the US. While the blockbuster genre emerged …

While contemporary superheroes are typically depicted in comic books and feature films as
grim and gritty characters involved in violent adventures, the last decade has witnessed an …

Using a mix of autoethnographic stories and 'critical side-ways thinking,'this Coda
reexamines the key terms of the special section on 'reading, readers and digital media.'The …

This article takes two prominent science fiction TV series' uses of the 'mirror universe'trope
and argues that their differing treatments of the individual and his or her relationship to …

This entry explains how game characters have been discussed in Game Studies and
adjacent fields, evolving from agents and human-like beings to avatars [LINK: Avatar] …

Examinaremos obras de spin-off, especialmente nas lógicas textuais de derivação narrativa
de obras-matriz. Em perspectiva poética e narratológica, enfatizamos as operações …

Both the RESIDENT EVIL and the SILENT HILL series were among the most famous and
successful franchises of video game culture until the film adaptations appeared, which …

What can contemporary media fandoms, like Anne Rice, Star Wars, Batman, or Sherlock
Holmes, tell us about ancient Christianity? Tom de Bruin demonstrates how fandom and fan …