Interactivity, Collaboration, and Authoring in Social Media

169 Pages·2016·7.47 MB·English

by  Krystina Madej (auth.)

International Series on Computer Entertainment
and Media Technology
Krystina Madej
Interactivity,
Collaboration,
and Authoring
in Social Media
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Krystina Madej
Interactivity, Collaboration,
and Authoring in Social Media
Krystina Madej
School of Literature, Media, and Communication
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta , GA , USA
ISSN 2364-947X ISSN 2364-9488 (electronic)
International Series on Computer Entertainment and Media Technology
ISBN 978-3-319-25950-5 ISBN 978-3-319-25952-9 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-25952-9
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with a love for ideas and conversation.

…what matters is not the enclosure of the work within a harmonious
fi gure, but the centrifugal force produced by it—a plurality of
language as a guarantee of a truth that is not merely partial.
―Six Memos For The Next Millennium
Italo Calvino

Prol ogue

Mission Statement
To uncover the lies and secrets being held from our Verona Citizens. To Speak the
Absolute Truth. To Show the Facts and bring awareness to Verona. Verona Leaks is a
non-for-profi t organization, ferreting out all information withheld from public view. The
goal is simple, if knowledge is power, then give the citizens back their power.
So begins the real story behind the untimely deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
C harged with bringing the real story behind the deaths of Romeo and Juliet to life
through social media, students chose to work within a contemporary metaphor
based on an organization noted for revealing facts, W ikiLeaks. Three main sites
document the extensive work students took on in their search to bring the truth to
the public about the lives and events surrounding the ill-fated couple.
The City of Verona Speaks, the offi cial city website, links readers to the indi-
vidual Facebook sites of the main players (at h ttp://projects.gnwc.ca/bp/ ) .
VeronaLeaks, a W ordpress blog site, informs the citizens of Verona of informa-
tion withheld from public view (at h ttps://veronaleaks.wordpress.com ) .
The Indefatigable J. Murphy & Sons ’ website , the website of the fi rm of inves-
tigators hired by the City of Verona to look into organizational leaks and the deaths
of Romeo and Juliet, provides information crucial to understanding the events that
occurred (at h ttps://jmurphyandsons.wordpress.com ) .
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