...Eyal Segal Fahlenbrach Kathrin , ed., Embodied Metaphors in Film, Television, and Video Games: Cognitive Approaches . New York : Routledge , 2016 . xiii + 300 pp . © 2017 by Porter Institute for Poetics and Semiotics 2017 Reference Lakoff George Johnson Mark...

... of past events, thus advancing from a rival to a partner of historiography. The question to be asked is no longer merely what has happened? but also how was the event experienced, how is it remembered and passed on to succeeding generations? The new mnemo-historical genre of video testimony is analyzed...

... testimony projects such as the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies and the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, projects that pose new challenges to historians of the genocide. Porter Institute for Poetics and Semiotics 2006 Translated by Jared Stark Antelme...

... of video games and webcomics. Our analysis draws upon and adapts Jan Alber’s cognitive reading strategies, already integral to unnatural narratology, while also taking into account new developments in cognitive approaches, notably those focused on reading as an embodied experience. In sum, we contend...

... that until now have attracted comparatively little attention in multimodality studies, including not only multimodal novels, comics, and films but also current television programs, video games, and other forms of digital media. On the other hand, and no less importantly, the articles collected here engage...

... that interactivity does not affect all works the same way, but manifests characteristics according to authorial design and the content and form of each work. Through a close reading of three digital life stories which employ interactivity differently—a web comic, a clickable scrapbook, and a narrative video game...

... the needs of broadcast and cable networks and later subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) platforms. These content creators adapted traditional motifs of Jewish humor by infusing their work with contemporary, popular feminist sensibilities and applying narrative tactics specific to digital technology...

... , and Pressman Jessica , eds. 2018 . Book Presence in a Digital Age . New York : Bloomsbury . Burgess Jean , and Green Joshua . 2009 . YouTube: Online Video and Participatory Culture . Cambridge : Polity . Butler Marilyn . 1995 . Introduction to Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey...

... the personal voice and the public visibility of storytelling. The article contributes to the critical study of the mobilization of stories in digital contexts. Table 1 Idris Elba's video story transcript and its narrative sections 1. Hey, what's up guys. Opening 2. So look this morning I...

... Perceived: Recalling the Holocaust (Westport, CT: Praeger). Langer, Lawrence L. 1991 Holocaust Testimonies: The Ruins of Memory (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press). Langer, Lawrence L., 2000 “Reflections,” in Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies Newsletter , spring, 4 -5. (New...

...Figure 1 Scholarly book history research meets popular bookish publics via Ariel Bissett's Is BookTube Educational? video. ...

... University Press). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies 1992 And Everything Else Was History . A-67 (edited program), Fortunoff Video Archive, Yale University Library. Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 2000 Witness: Voices from the Holocaust , produced and directed...

..., Montana Tucker, Twan Kuyper) are all influencers, well-known YouTubers or Instagrammers, and every tag and every swipe that is added to her stories about them takes her followers to their products, videos, and so on. They, of course, reciprocate the favors. This relationality is akin to Instagram pods...

..., but after a legal complaint was issued against Mavromatti by a witness of the crucifixion, all footage of the film was confiscated by authorities. The crucifixion was shot separately on video, and it has been subsequently exhibited as the documentation to the action Do Not Believe Your Eyes. 2. The term...

... as possible. Jenkins (2006: 93 – 130) illustrates this situation with the case of The Matrix: the Wachowskis deliberately planned a narrative empire that involved not only the films but also video games and comics. The Matrix films functioned for most people as the entry point into the system...

...Eyal Segal Gibbs Raymond W. Jr. , ed., Mixing Metaphor . Amsterdam : John Benjamins , 2016 . xiv + 269 pp . © 2017 by Porter Institute for Poetics and Semiotics 2017 New Books at a Glance Kathrin Fahlenbrach, ed., Embodied Metaphors in Film, Television, and Video Games...

... semiotic multimodality video games References Aarseth Espen . 1997 . Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature . Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press . Atkinson Paul Cooper Simon . 2012 . “ Untimely Animations: Waltz with Bashir and the Incorporation of Historical...

..., let alone under- standing it or forming a remedial response on the basis of such knowledge. One of the distinctive characteristics of the contributions brought to- gether in this special issue of Poetics Today derives from their focus on video- taped oral testimony. Giving a voice...

... the page into the multifaceted realms of digital culture and media, starting with video games. As they have become more complex and variegated, particularly with the advent of massive multiplayer platforms, video games have proven every bit as capable of extensive story...