Character, audience agency and transmedia drama

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-213

  Evans, Elizabeth Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency; Audiences; Character; Games; Interactivity; Television drama

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549121242     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443707086861     Document Type: Article

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