Henry Jenkins

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 Henry Jenkins Henry Jenkins is the God of convergence media, considered as number 3 in the world among the top ten brains for the digital future by Prospect magazine. His research gives key insights to the success of socialnetworking websites, networked computer games, online fan communities, television franchises and emerging news media outlets. He has author ed! co authored "# books on various aspe cts of me dia , po p cu lture and education. His awardwinning work $onvergence $ulture% &here 'ld and (ew )edia $ollide *+- broke new ground on understanding how people engage with content across mediums. /oth his last book *0preadable )edia% $reating 1alue and )eaning in a (etworked $ulture and his forthcoming book *Participatory $ulture in a (etworked 2ra% $onversation on 4 ou th, 5ear ning, $ommerce , and Politi cs e6amine media creation and distribution in the internet age, and offer glimpses of the comple6 and e6citing digital worlds that are being built all around us collaboratively. Jenkins was the former director of the groundbreaking $omparative )edia 0tudies program at )78, and is currently the Provost9s Professor of $ommunication, Journalism, $inematic rts, and 2ducation at :niversity of 0outhern $alifornia in 5os ngeles. He was recently selected to be on the board of the prestigious Peabody wards .

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Henry JenkinsHenry Jenkins is the God of convergence media, considered as number 3 in the world among the top ten brains for the digital future by Prospect magazine. His research gives key insights to the success of social-networking websites, networked computer games, online fan communities, television franchises and emerging news media outlets. He has authored/ co-authored 17 books on various aspects of media, pop culture and education. His award-winning work Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide (2006) broke new ground on understanding how people engage with content across mediums. Both - his last book (Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture) and his forthcoming book (Participatory Culture in a Networked Era: A Conversation on Youth, Learning, Commerce, and Politics) -examine media creation and distribution in the internet age, and offer glimpses of the complex and exciting digital worlds that are being built all around us collaboratively. Jenkins was the former director of the ground-breaking Comparative Media Studies program at MIT, and is currently the Provost's Professor of Communication, Journalism, Cinematic Arts, and Education at University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He was recently selected to be on the board of the prestigious Peabody Awards.