Transmedia Storytelling

Transmeida storytelling is the new communication style that everyone can see it at every moment and everywhere. However, if people want to give transmeida storytelling a definition, it contains at least two meanings: Firstly, the same information in different media communication and integration between the cross. Secondly, it refers to cooperation between the media, symbiosis, interaction and coordination. The development of transmedia storytelling and spread in recent years has its social and historical inevitability, the media market is the result of growth and development. Look back to the media history, there are three types different mass media, the first one is the paper-based communication. Such as: media vehicle for newspapers, books, magazines and other forms. This type media has the limitation that is very hard to know what happen in the world and cannot receive the news immediate. The second one is the electronic communication. Such as: media carrier for broadcast, film, telephone, telegraph, television and other forms. This style has totally changed the first one. People can much easier to know what is happing in the world; however, it still has some limitations, for example the space problem. People cannot receive the news at anywhere. So the mess media has came into the third type which is the digital media age such as: high-definition television, computer, VCD, DVD, CD, Internet, etc. Audience can receive any information not matter where and when.

Media Integration and Cooperation tendency is becoming a trend of history. This transmedia storytelling integration and co-operative communication is only the external appearance. The transmedia storytelling is not only intervening in the mass media tycoons, and it will also spread around the world covering. Since the 90s of the 20th century, mass media has appeared two new phenomena. One is competition between the mass media. Another one is some mass media cooperate together to find common profit. However, those two totally different phenomena has the same result which is the transmedia storytelling cannot be prevented; it also means the mass media will lead into the “one world”.

                                                                     

I am studying the communication as my major, so in my planned profession the communication field will be the important part of my career, when I back to my country I am will have more opportunity than others, because I am studying the communication at the other country, although in the information age, everyone can receive the information anywhere but at least I study the knowledge at the different culture. Despite the transmedia storytelling will lead into “one world” as I said before, but at this moment it still needs a period to develop. So the transmedia storytelling will provide an opportunity to me what I can help my organization to show the different media to the audiences. People may easier to accept the different types of media and the transmeida storytelling will provide more business for my company. The transmedia storytelling will stead the all the mass media, however and this will help me to contact more and more customers and the customers will not only in the domestic, it will spread to all over the world. So the transmedia will help me to show all the people what I want to show. In my later career, how to be a business communication person is every hard to be done. To be a successful business communication person not only need to improve personal communication skill but also need to understand the global communication trend. In nowadays information time, audience cannot satisfy the single transmedia storytelling. The old style media way cannot as success as before. Because the information needs of people showed unprecedented strong, the new technology (especially network technology) for the rapid development of transmedia storytelling to provide the necessary technical support. People never felt the media technology has the great power that it can greatly affect people's life.


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