Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide

Abstract

Henry Jenkins, former professor of humanities, MIT, is one of the leading science authorities in the analysis of New Media. Today, he is Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts at USC. In this dialogue, Jenkins explains how technology is transforming the traditional view of humanities. He outlines his vision of convergence culture in his book, <italic>Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide</italic>. He explains why he thinks the idea of copyright is an aberration. He goes on to relate the causes for conglomerates losing control of media flows and how to deal with this situation. He describes the new logic framework under which our current participatory culture is run. He defines himself in this dialogue as a critical utopian trying to demonstrate how to harness the great power that changes taking place in new media have on people. Emphasizing the ‘new social skills’, which bring about new forms of ethics, interactions, politics, types of economic activities and legal culture, in the clash between the new digital media and the old <italic>mass media.</italic>

Keywords

Participatory cultureTechnological convergenceConvergence (economics)Media studiesJournalismPopular cultureThe artsSociologyPoliticsMass mediaCitizen journalismDigital mediaPolitical scienceHumanitiesArtLawComputer scienceTelecommunications

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                                    Henry Jenkins, 
                                
                                    Adolfo Plasencia
                                
                            (2017). 
                            Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide. 
                            The MIT Press eBooks
                            
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                            https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/9780262036016.003.0012

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DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/9780262036016.003.0012