Adaptation in the Age of Media Convergence

Johannes Fehrle is assistant professor for American Literary and Cultural Studies at the University of Graz. Werner Schäfke-Zell is assistant professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Copenhagen.

• Johannes Fehrle: Introduction. Adaptation in a Convergence Environment Regina Schober: Adaptation as Connection. A Network Theoretical Approach to Convergence, Participation, and Co-Production Bettina Soller: Filing off the Serial Numbers. Fanfiction and its Adaptation to the Book Market Eckart Voigts: From Paratext to Polyprocess. The "Quirky" Mashup Novel Costas Constandinides: "You Just Got Covered": YouTube Cover Song Videos as Examples of Para-Adaptation Benjamin Poore: Masters of the Universe? Viewers, the Media and Sherlock's Lead Writers Rüdiger Heinze: Alien Adapted (Again and Again): Fictional Universes between Difference and Repetition Joyce Goggin: "Everything is Awesome." Spreadability and The LEGO Movie Werner Schäfke: Localization as Adaptation in the Wolfenstein Franchise

"As a transmedia process, adaptation invites, arguably demands, multiple disciplinary methods. The varied approach of Adaptation in the Age of Media Convergence does bring fresh perspectives to the topic and helps situate adaptation within larger transmedia processes."- Liam Burke, Adaptation, Vol. 13, No. 2, 2020