Explain why franchises are so common in today’s world media market. Illustrate your answer with an in-depth case study focusing on Harry Potter franchise as your example using sources: ( and any other scholar sources you think would help on Google Scholar)
– Media Franchising: Creative License and Collaboration in the Culture Industries by Derek Johnson
– ‘Harry Potter and the Transmedia Wizarding World’: Paratexts of the Harry Potter Franchise, 2011-17
Thesis submitted by Cassie Brummitt. In partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy De Montfort University, October 2018
– Critical Analysis across Media: Games, Franchises, and the New Cultural Order
Jay Lemke; University of Michigan