What is remix studies?
Remix studies is a branch of literature in which students study remix culture. Remix culture is "a term describing a society that allows and encourages derivative works by combining or editing existing materials to produce a new creative work or product". Remixes are not solely reserved for music. Literature, artwork, film, and many digital goods all contain various remix aspects. Press the button below to find out more.
Terminology & Definitions
Assemblage
"Building a new text by compiling, aggregating, and juxtaposing a combination of already existing texts".
"Remixers using this approach often weave together a coherent narrative or argument that does not necessarily correlate with the ways in which the source texts were originally deployed".
Genre Play
"Deploying a text that blends, repurposes, or moves in and out of genre expectations".
"Common ways include using conventions that typically fall outside of the genre and writing content that does not quite match genre expectations".
Redistribution
"Refers to sharing or adding to an already existing text for the purpose of reaching a new audience, offering an updated message, and/or spreading a text further. The chief appeal of redistribution involves drawing on the rhetorical force of a shared and common text, one that is already in circulation".
Repurposing
"The process by which an object with one use value is transformed or redeployed as an object with an alternative use value".