Convergence culture : where old and new media collide /
By: Jenkins, Henry
Material type: BookPublisher: New York : New York University Press, c2006.Description: xi, 353 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780814742952 (pbk.); 0814742955Program: MMC913Subject(s): Mass media and culture -- United States | Popular culture -- United States | Mass media -- United States | Popular culture -- United StatesDDC classification: 302.23/0973 Online resources: Location MapItem type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 302.230973 JE CO (Browse shelf) | Available | T0047872 | ||
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302.230973 GE ND Gender, race, and class in media : | 302.230973 GU ME Media control : | 302.230973 GU ME Media control : | 302.230973 JE CO Convergence culture : | 302.230973 JE CO Convergence culture : | 302.230973 JE WO The wow climax : | 302.230973 LE HO How cable media polarize politics / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-317) and index.
Introduction: "worship at the altar of convergence": a new paradigm for understanding media change -- Spoiling Survivor: the anatomy of a knowledge community -- Buying into American idol: how we are being sold on reality TV -- Searching for the origami unicorn: The matrix and transmedia storytelling -- Quentin Tarantino's Star wars?: grassroots creativity meets the media industry -- Why Heather can write: media literacy and the Harry Potter wars -- Photoshop for democracy: the new relationship between politics and popular culture -- Conclusion: democratizing television?: the politics of participation.
Explores the cultural transformations that are taking place in America as old and new media intersect and the interactions between media producers and the consumer become more important in popular culture.
Adult
Adult.
MMC913