Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture by Henry Jenkins (En

Description: Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers by Henry Jenkins Henry Jenkins pioneering work in the early 1990s promoted the idea that fans are among the most active, creative, critically engaged, and socially connected consumers of popular culture. This title takes readers from Jenkins early work defending fan culture against those who would marginalize or stigmatize it, through to his work. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Brings together the highlights of a decade and a half of groundbreaking research into the cultural life of media consumersHenry Jenkinss pioneering work in the early 1990s promoted the idea that fans are among the most active, creative, critically engaged, and socially connected consumers of popular culture and that they represent the vanguard of a new relationship with mass media. Though marginal and largely invisible to the general public at the time, today, media producers and advertisers, not to mention researchers and fans, take for granted the idea that the success of a media franchise depends on fan investments and participation.Bringing together the highlights of a decade and a half of groundbreaking research into the cultural life of media consumers, Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers takes readers from Jenkinss progressive early work defending fan culture against those who would marginalize or stigmatize it, through to his more recent work, combating moral panic and defending Goths and gamers in the wake of the Columbine shootings. Starting with an interview on the current state of fan studies, this volume maps the core theoretical and methodological issues in Fan Studies. It goes on to chart the growth of participatory culture on the web, take up blogging as perhaps the most powerful illustration of how consumer participation impacts mainstream media, and debate the public policy implications surrounding participation and intellectual property. Notes Promotes the idea that fans are among the most active, creative, critically engaged, and socially connected consumers of popular culture Author Biography Henry Jenkins is Provosts Professor of Communication, Journalism, Cinematic Arts and Education at the University of Southern California. He is the author or coauthor of twenty books including Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture, Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide, Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture, and By Any Media Necessary: The New Youth Activism. Table of Contents ContentsIntroduction: Confessions of an Aca/Fan I Inside Fandom1 Excerpts from "Matt Hills Interviews Henry Jenkins" 2 Star Trek Rerun, Reread, Rewritten: Fan Writing as Textual Poaching 3 "Normal Female Interest in Men Bonking"4 "Out of the Closet and into the Universe": Queers and Star Trek with John CampbellII Going Digital5 "Do You Enjoy Making the Rest of Us Feel Stupid?": alt.tv.twinpeaks, the Trickster Author, and Viewer Mastery 6 Interactive Audiences? The "Collective Intelligence" of Media Fans 7 Pop Cosmopolitanism: Mapping Cultural Flows in an Age of Media Convergence 8 Love Online 9 Blog This! 10 A Safety Net III Columbine and Beyond11 Professor Jenkins Goes to Washington 12 Coming Up Next! Ambushed on Donahue 13 The War between Effects and Meanings: Rethinking the Video Game Violence Debate 14 The Chinese Columbine: How One Tragedy Ignited the Chinese Governments Simmering Fears of Youth Culture and the Internet 15 "The Monsters Next Door": A Father-SonDialogue about Buffy, Moral Panic, and Generational Differenceswith Henry G. Jenkins IVNotes Index About the Author Review "Jenkins is one of us: a geek, a fan, a popcult packrat. Hes also an incisive and unflinching critic. His affection for the subject and sharp eye for what it all means are an unbeatable combination. This is fascinating, engrossing and enlightening reading." Cory Doctorow, author of Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town and co-editor of Boing Boing Promotional Promotes the idea that fans are among the most active, creative, critically engaged, and socially connected consumers of popular culture Long Description View the Table of Contents. Read the Introduction."Jenkins is one of us: a geek, a fan, a popcult packrat. Hes also an incisive and unflinching critic. His affection for the subject and sharp eye for what it all means are an unbeatable combination. This is fascinating, engrossing and enlightening reading." --Cory Doctorow, author of "Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town" and co-editor of "Boing Boing"Henry Jenkinss pioneering work in the early 1990s promoted the idea that fans are among the most active, creative, critically engaged, and socially connected consumers of popular culture and that they represent the vanguard of a new relationship with mass media. Though marginal and largely invisible to the general public at the time, today, media producers and advertisers, not to mention researchers and fans, take for granted the idea that the success of a media franchise depends on fan investments and participation.Bringing together the highlights of a decade and a half of groundbreaking research into the cultural life of media consumers, Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers takes readers from Jenkinss progressive early work defending fan culture against those who would marginalize or stigmatize it, through to his more recent work, combating moral panic and defending Goths and gamers in the wake of the Columbine shootings. Starting with an interview on the current state of fan studies, this volume maps the core theoretical and methodological issues in Fan Studies. It goes on to chart the growth of participatory culture on the web, take up blogging as perhaps the most powerful illustration of how consumer participation impacts mainstream media, and debate the public policyimplications surrounding participation and intellectual property. Review Text The coal dust soon gets in your lungs in this gritty tale of the war-torn lives of the community of Pontypridd where the Home front has its full ration of heartache and despair, thankfully lightened by that famous wartime spirit. 4 stars Review Quote "Theres been so much written about the Holocaust itself, but this will show the great sweep of Jewish culture that existed before." - Francine Klagsbrun, author of Jewish Days Details ISBN0814742858 Author Henry Jenkins Pages 279 Publisher New York University Press Language English ISBN-10 0814742858 ISBN-13 9780814742853 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 302.23 Year 2006 Imprint New York University Press Country of Publication United States Short Title FANS GAMERS & BLOGGERS Subtitle Exploring Participatory Culture Place of Publication New York Residence MA, US Birth 1958 Illustrations black & white illustrations DOI 10.1604/9780814742853 UK Release Date 2006-09-01 NZ Release Date 2006-09-01 US Release Date 2006-09-01 Publication Date 2006-09-01 Alternative 9780814742846 Audience Undergraduate AU Release Date 2006-08-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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