# Transmedia **Domain:** Media studies / Narrative systems **Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition **Transmedia** describes the distribution of a story, experience, or information system across multiple media and platforms, with different surfaces contributing distinct material. ## Significance In gamified environments, transmedia can expand the arena while making authorship, fiction boundaries, and participation harder to locate. ## Sources - [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]] - [Primary or institutional source](https://henryjenkins.org/blog/2007/03/transmedia_storytelling_101.html) ## Routes [[wiki/Alternate Reality Game|Alternate Reality Game]] · [[wiki/TINAG|TINAG]] · [[wiki/Playable Systems Literacy|Playable Systems Literacy]] · [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]]