ABSTRACT
This introduction provides an overview of the concepts discussed in Part 3 of this book. The part demonstrates in different ways how intermedial analysis can be used to understand the combinations and transformations of all kinds of media types. It takes a closer intermedial look at the workings of social media and of computer games. The part presents an intermedial approach to performance that can combine the focus on the body from performance studies with an intermedial analysis of media types. It utilizes the spatiotemporal modality as a lens to describe the interaction of different kinds of spaces and bodies in theatre and performance. The part explores several transmedial storyworlds in popular culture. It shows that understanding the social challenges of communication needs an intermedial approach and a transmedial perspective.
