Links to a two-part post on the creation of immersive story worlds that span soaps, wrestling, and superhero comics. Interestingly, another post on the blog connects the worlds of soaps with comic books more explicitly using the example of DC’s recent 52 and Marvel’s Civil War. Not too surprising really, given that Star Trek and Firefly are probably better classified as ‘space opera‘ rather than hard science fiction. People watch as much for the interplay of the characters as for the speculative devices.

See:

• Confessions of an Aca/Fan: The Official Weblog of Henry Jenkins: Immersive Story Worlds (Part One)
• Confessions of an Aca/Fan: The Official Weblog of Henry Jenkins: Immersive Story Worlds (Part Two)

Related link: Greenflame » Dylan Horrocks on comics, games and world-building.