IRMA-International.org: Creator of Knowledge
Information Resources Management Association
Advancing the Concepts & Practices of Information Resources Management in Modern Organizations

Aestheticizing Violence Within Transmedia Storytelling Context: V For Vendetta Case

Aestheticizing Violence Within Transmedia Storytelling Context: V For Vendetta Case
View Sample PDF
Author(s): Ferhat Zengin (Gelisim University, Turkey)and Bahadır Kapır (Marmara University, Turkey)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 17
Source title: Handbook of Research on Aestheticization of Violence, Horror, and Power
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): M. Nur Erdem (Ondokuz Mayıs University, Turkey), Nihal Kocabay-Sener (İstanbul Commerce University, Turkey)and Tuğba Demir (İzmir Kavram Vocational School, Turkey)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4655-0.ch024

Purchase

View Aestheticizing Violence Within Transmedia Storytelling Context: V For Vendetta Case on the publisher's website for pricing and purchasing information.

Abstract

In this study, V for Vendetta (2006) directed by James McTeigue, is analysed based on Henry Jenkins's transmedia storytelling terms. Henry Jenkins defines re-creating a story with different media tools as “transmedia storytelling” and evaluates this new storytelling form that emerged in the digital age as a new aesthetic linked with active participation that creates new demands on the consumer. V for Vendetta with a large fan audience has a story that became the symbol of the social movements that emerged against totalitarian regimes created in the modern state and social organisation. The story V for Vendetta that was first published at the beginning of 1980s as a dystopic comic book prioritising violence and terror experienced changes in the story with the effect of different narrative media. Within this context, this study with Henry Jenkins's transmedia storytelling theoretical basis analyzes how the main narrative elements of the story such as terror, violence, fear, and freedom are reflected in the V for Vendetta movie by using semiotic methods.

Related Content

Deborah Abiola Fifelola, Foluke Olayinka Unuabonah. © 2026. 40 pages.
Vishnu Achutha Menon, Sandeep Kumar, Anil Shivani. © 2026. 22 pages.
Matthew Alugbin. © 2026. 40 pages.
Esther Adeagbo. © 2026. 28 pages.
Olusegun Jegede. © 2026. 38 pages.
Omolade Ilesanmi. © 2026. 32 pages.
Moses Olusanya Ayoola, Mercy Adenike Bankole. © 2026. 30 pages.
Body Bottom