Media dispositive of participation in transmedia interactions

Abstract

Transmedia is a production model oriented by associated content distribution through several media and technological platforms, whose articulation depends on the engagement proposed to the consumer. On one hand, transmedia actions follow the audience inclination to correlate media content and, on the other, to comment, share and interfere directly on the products offered in different platforms. This participation demands, however, being aligned with certain corporate, communicative targets. In order to succeed, transmedia producers aim to induce the audience and keep some sort of control over the interactional universe triggered by the project. The controlling mechanisms, the “management” of audience’s collaboration and interferences, and the “government” of manners presuppose a participatory media device setting, which is the concept this paper intends to explore.