I’m in Boston for the Futures of Entertainment Conference at MIT where I will participate in a panel discussion tomorrow about Transmedia for Social Change, moderated by Henry Jenkins, director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program.

The panel will consider the cross-over between the forms of collective activity that mark participation in transmedia narratives and other forms of collective activities that harness entertainment media for social good.  We will also discuss the relationship between the kinds of engagement courted by entertainment franchises and the kind of engagement required for active citizenship.