...traditional oral forms and practices outlast the advent of writing and even the culture of print...
...hybrid or collaborative forms often emerge during times of media transition.
...contemporary experiments in story-telling are crossing and combining several media, exploiting computer games or web-based environments that offer immersive and interactive experiences that mobilize our familiarity with traditional narrative genres drawn from books, movies and television.
...processes of imitation, self-discovery, remediation and transformation are recurring and inevitable, part of the way in which cultures define and renew themselves. Old media rarely die; their original functions are adapted and absorbed by newer media; and they themselves may mutate into new cultural niches and new purposes: The process of media transition is always a mix of tradition and innovation, always declaring for evolution, not revolution.
We citizens and scholars do well to recognize such continuity principles and to remain skeptical of apocalyptic projections of gloom or glory.
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