The 20th anniversary edition of Henry Jenkins's 'Textual Poachers' brings this now-canonical text to a new generation of students interested in the intersections of fandom, participatory culture, popular consumption and media theory.
The 20th anniversary edition of Henry Jenkins's 'Textual Poachers' brings this now-canonical text to a new generation of students interested in the in...
Spreadable Media maps fundamental changes taking place in our contemporary media environment, a space where corporations no longer tightly control media distribution and many of us are directly involved in the circulation of content. It contrasts -stickiness---aggregating attention in centralized places--with -spreadability---dispersing content widely through both formal and informal networks, some approved, many unauthorized. Stickiness has been the measure of success in the broadcast era (and has been carried over to the online world), but -spreadability- describes the ways content...
Spreadable Media maps fundamental changes taking place in our contemporary media environment, a space where corporations no longer tightly co...
Henry Jenkins Sangita Shresthova Liana Gamber-Thompson
The participatory politics and civic engagement of youth in the digital age. Read Online at connectedyouth.nyupress.org There is a widespread perception that the foundations of American democracy are dysfunctional, public trust in core institutions is eroding, and little is likely to emerge from traditional politics that will shift those conditions. Youth are often seen as emblematic of this crisis--frequently represented as uninterested in political life, ill-informed about current-affairs, and unwilling to register and vote.
By Any Media Necessary offers...
The participatory politics and civic engagement of youth in the digital age. Read Online at connectedyouth.nyupress.org There...
Fresh from a party, a teen posts a photo on Facebook of a friend drinking a beer. A college student repurposes an article from Wikipedia for a paper. A group of players in a multiplayer online game routinely cheat new players by selling them worthless virtual accessories for high prices. In Disconnected, Carrie James examines how young people and the adults in their lives think about these sorts of online dilemmas, describing ethical blind spots and disconnects.
Drawing on extensive interviews with young people between the ages of 10 and 25, James describes the nature of...
Fresh from a party, a teen posts a photo on Facebook of a friend drinking a beer. A college student repurposes an article from Wikipedia for a pape...
Packed with critical analysis and real-life examples, this book explores how children's video games can cultivate learning. Lacasa takes several commercial video games and shows how they can be used both in and out of the classroom to teach initiative and problem-solving, encourage creativity, promote literacy, and develop reasoning skills.
Packed with critical analysis and real-life examples, this book explores how children's video games can cultivate learning. Lacasa takes several comme...
Applies the recent return to history' in film studies to the genre of classical Hollywood comedy as well as broadening the definition of those works considered central in this field.
Applies the recent return to history' in film studies to the genre of classical Hollywood comedy as well as broadening the definition of those works c...
