Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture
Media Education for the 21st Century
$59.20
- Paperback
145 pages
- Release Date
5 June 2009
Summary
Many teens today who use the Internet are actively involved in participatory cultures—joining online communities (Facebook, message boards, game clans), producing creative work in new forms (digital sampling, modding, fan videomaking, fan fiction), working in teams to complete tasks and develop new knowledge (as in Wikipedia), and shaping the flow of media (as in blogging or podcasting). A growing body of scholarship suggests potential benefits of these activities, including opportunities …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262513623 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262513625 |
| Author: | Henry Jenkins, Ravi Purushotma, Margaret Weigel, Katie Clinton, Alice J. Robison |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 145 |
| Release Date: | 5 June 2009 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 137mm x 203mm |
| Series: | Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
Henry Jenkins
Henry Jenkins is Provost’s Professor of Communication, Journalism and Cinematic Arts at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California. He is the coeditor of From Barbie to Mortal Kombat: Gender and Computer Games (MIT Press, 1998).
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