TEDxNYED - Henry Jenkins - 03/06/10

Henry Jenkins joins USC from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was Peter de Florez Professor in the Humanities. He directed MITs Comparative Media Studies graduate degree program from 1993-2009, setting an innovative research agenda during a time of fundamental change in communication, journalism and entertainment. As one of the first media scholars to chart the changing role of the audience in an environment of increasingly pervasive digital content, Jenkins has been at the forefront of understanding the effects of participatory media on society, politics and culture. His research gives key insights to the success of social-networking Web sites, networked computer games, online fan communities and other advocacy organizations, and emerging news media outlets.

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[B. J. Bullert]

Thank you TED for making Jenkins' work accessible. I'm using this in my college classes to talk about the ideas, form and content. Fabulous!

[rasputinsloved1]

This gave me a brain boner....

[Michiel van Roon]

I am currently writing a paper about Henry Jenkin's Covergence Culture and before we got the assignment to write this paper, our teacher had us create our own wiki (you can make your own wiki online, google it if you're interested). We were then asked to contribute on a daily base to this wiki with content relevant to Jenkin's book. We learned from each other, discussed with each other and were able to write great papers.