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What is transmedia?

Transmedia consists in content that flows accross different platforms

Watch this video, where Matthew Freeman, from the University of Bath Spa, answers the question: “What is transmedia?”

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Matthew freeman explains that the mobilisation of transmedia, which consists in content that flows accross different platforms, inviting different audiences to flow with it, has been initially viewed as a key opportunity in the entertainment industry to increase profits. Do you think that the mobilisation of different media is mainly an economic instrument, for marketing and to diversify profit-generating channels? Do you think there is more to it?

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