Open AccessWhat is global theater? or, What does new media studies have to do with performance studies?
Author(s) -
Abigail De Kosnik
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
transformative works and cultures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1941-2258
DOI - 10.3983/twc.2015.0644
Subject(s) - fandom , the internet , key (lock) , media theory , media studies , art , sociology , art history , computer science , world wide web , computer security
This piece summarizes some key historical points of connection between new media studies and performance studies, beginning with Marshall McLuhan's concept of telecommunications networks as constitutive of a global theater. In combination with Kurt Lancaster's and Francesca Coppa's theories of fan works as performances, the global theater model can yield new insights into the nature and purpose of Internet fan fiction and fan fiction archives