Recombinant Comedy, Transmedial Mobility, and Viral Video.

An essay is presented in which the author examines how the use comedy in Internet videos can be used as a way to study participatory culture. Particular focus is given to viral videos, those that gain popularity when viewers pass them along to acquaintances, and the concept of recombinant comedy. It...

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Published in:Velvet Light Trap: A Critical Journal of Film & Television no. 68; pp. 3 - 14
Main Author: GURNEY, DAVID
Format: Essay
Published: University of Texas Press Fall2011
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