CMST 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Transmedia Storytelling, The Takeaway, Jupiter Ascending

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: CMST 2G03
• Professor: Spencer Smith

Document Summary

Discussion: teddy saul workshop & public identity. Identity & character continuity in reality tv & transmedia storytelling. Shifting to theatre: a preview of next monday"s guest lecture. What were your reactions/responses to teddy saul"s q&a: as undergraduate students eventually looking for jobs; as performance studies students analyzing identity performativity/identity as spectacle. How do you: think, too, about the way he presented himself in this workshop (q&a versus a presentation) Issues not your own : when to speak, when to defer. There was frontstage vs backstage access talking about his public appearance versus his private, he told us things that weren"t spoken about during his presidency: especially information. The takeaway message was to not take things personally: an example for celebrities would be them talking about their shitty movies (mila kunis & There are people who have blogs dedicated to the bad timeline followed on kuwtk. We have social media where we follow them in real time.