Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age

"The revelation that writer and performer Mike Daisey had lied (in his words, "taken dramatic license”) in describing the suffering of workers who make Apple products in China has brought up issues that the new generation of storytellers must consider."

Randy Finch responds to the transmedia and transgressions of mike daisey by James Carter.

You might also like to read Mike Daisey's own response to the controversy via The Guardian newspaper's The truth is vitally important.

Mike Daisey: "This American Life's retraction questions personal experiences in my show. I've made changes but I stand behind my work".

[Note: the image above is from The Guardian's article: The truth is vitally important.]

I was fairly amazed to see articles over the past week accusing parties involved with marketing The Hunger Games and Twilight of “astroturfing” by planting fake comments under Youtube videos...

Before I tell you this story, I should introduce Rachael Webster. The trouble is, I’m not sure how to do that. Was she a friend of mine?

[An in depth look at the life ... and death ... of a transmedia character.  A somewhat cautionary tale.]