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Overview

Henry Jenkins is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within social sciences and the arts and humanities, with particular focus on cultural studies, sociology and political science, visual arts and performing arts, literature and literary theory, and gender studies.

The scientist's work regularly addresses topics such as digital games and media, comics and graphic narratives, gothic literature and media analysis, gender, feminism and media, Asian culture and media studies, media studies and communication, as well as cinema and media studies.

Recent papers authored by Henry Jenkins include:

  • "Consumer movements, brand activism, and the participatory politics of media: A conversation," 2021, published in Journal of Consumer Culture
  • "The path from participatory culture to participatory politics: A critical investigation-An interview with Henry Jenkins," 2024, Communication and the Public
  • "Notes on Transcultural Fandom, Imaginary Homelands, and Sartorial Fan Practices," 2024, Asian Communication Research
  • "Confronting horror, embracing fantasy: A conversation about Lovecraft Country and radical imagination in higher education," 2022, Policy Futures in Education
  • "From Cyberpunk to Afrofuturism: A Talk About American Science Fiction Movements," 2023, Emerging Media

Frequent co-authors of Henry Jenkins include Sangita Shresthova, Sam Ford, Joshua Green, Gabriel Peters-Lazaro, and Paulina Lanz.

Publication venues where Henry Jenkins has appeared most frequently are:

  • New York University Press eBooks
  • Journal of Consumer Culture
  • Communication and the Public
  • Asian Communication Research
  • Policy Futures in Education

Henry Jenkins has authored several books primarily published by New York University Press eBooks, including titles such as The Children's Culture Reader (2020), Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers (2022), Convergence Culture (2020), Spreadable Media (2020), Popular culture and the civic imagination: case studies of creative social change (2020), Comics and Stuff (2020), and The Wow Climax (2022).

Additional book publications include After Midnight (2022) from University Press of Mississippi eBooks, Diálogos para la investigación en comunicación, educación y tecnologías (2021) from Ediciones Comunicación Científica eBooks, and The Superhero Symbol (2022) published by Rutgers University Press.

Best Publications

  • Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide

    Henry Jenkins

  • Confronting the challenges of participatory culture : media education for the 21st century

    Henry Jenkins;Ravi Purushotma

  • Textual poachers : television fans & participatory culture

    Henry Jenkins

  • Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture

    Henry Jenkins

  • Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century

    Henry Jenkins

  • Confronting the challenges of participatory cultures (media education for the 21st century)

    Henry Jenkins;Ravi Purushotma;Margaret Weigel;Katie Clinton

  • Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture

    Henry Jenkins;Sam Ford;Joshua Green

  • The Cultural Logic of Media Convergence

    Henry Jenkins

  • HARNESSING THE POWER OF GAMES IN EDUCATION

    Kurt Squire;Henry Jenkins

  • From Barbie to Mortal Kombat: gender and computer games

    Justine Cassell;Henry Jenkins

  • Participatory Culture in a Networked Era: A Conversation on Youth, Learning, Commerce, and Politics

    Henry Jenkins;Mizuko Ito;Danah Boyd

  • Science fiction audiences: watching Doctor Who and Star Trek.

    John Tulloch;Henry Jenkins

  • Environmental Detectives: PDAs as a window into a virtual simulated world

    E. Klopfer;K. Squire;H. Jenkins

  • Chess for girls? Feminism and computer games

    Justine Cassell;Henry Jenkins

  • By Any Media Necessary: The New Youth Activism

    Sangita Shresthova;Liana Gamber-Thompson;Henry Jenkins

  • Democracy and new media

    Henry Jenkins;David Thorburn;Brad Seawell

  • Star Trek rerun, reread, rewritten: Fan writing as textual poaching

    Henry Jenkins

  • Theorizing participatory intensities A conversation about participation and politics

    Henry Jenkins;Nico Carpentier

  • The children's culture reader

    Henry Jenkins

  • Editorial Convergence Culture

    Henry Jenkins;Mark Deuze

Frequent Co-Authors

danah boyd
danah boyd Microsoft (United States)
Robert V. Kozinets
Robert V. Kozinets University of Southern California
Mark Deuze
Mark Deuze University of Amsterdam

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