Transmedia Non-Fiction in China: Mapping the Transmediality of “Yiyi”, the Youngest Survivor of the 2011 Wenzhou Train Crash

Jenna Pei-Suin Ng; Shen Jiang

Transmedia Non-Fiction in China: Mapping the Transmediality of “Yiyi”, the Youngest Survivor of the 2011 Wenzhou Train Crash

Theatre, Film, TV and Interactive Media

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Abstract

This chapter discusses transmedia non-fiction as a spectrum of alignment with the actualities of our “real” world. As a case study, we analyse the story of Yiyi, the youngest survivor of the 2011 Wenzhou Train Collision disaster in China, by tracking it across television news, newspaper articles and Weibo, and discussing it as mapped against Henry Jenkins’s seven principles of transmedia experience. In view of Weibo’s role, we further propose longevity of story as an additional and unique principle for transmedia non-fiction. In the process, we reflect on transmedia non-fiction in Asia, particularly in controlled regimes, where transmedia is more than the promulgation of the narrative, but also helps to mirror “real” life and rationalize and voice emotions in the face of national tragedy.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Transmedia in Asia and the Pacific
Subtitle of host publication	Industry, Practice, and Transcultural Dialogues
Editors	Celia Lam, Filippo Gilardi
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	5
Pages	83-105
Publication status	Published - 7 Mar 2021

Jenna Pei-Suin Ng
- jn728york.acuk
- Theatre, Film, TV and Interactive Media - Professor of Digital Media and Culture, Former employee
Person: Academic

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Transmedia Non-Fiction in China: Mapping the Transmediality of “Yiyi”, the Youngest Survivor of the 2011 Wenzhou Train Crash. / Ng, Jenna Pei-Suin; Jiang, Shen.
Transmedia in Asia and the Pacific: Industry, Practice, and Transcultural Dialogues. ed. / Celia Lam; Filippo Gilardi . Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. p. 83-105.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

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Transmedia Non-Fiction in China: Mapping the Transmediality of “Yiyi”, the Youngest Survivor of the 2011 Wenzhou Train Crash

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