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Henry Jenkins is the Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program and the Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities. He is one of the principal investigators for The Education Arcade, a consortium of educators and business leaders working to promote the educational use of computer and video games. He is the principal investigator of Project nml (New Media Literacies), funded by the John D. and Catherine MacArthur Foundation to promote the social skills and cultural competencies required to insure that every young person is able to fully participate in the new media landscape. He has testified before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, the Federal Communications Commission, and the Governor's Board of the World Economic Forum and has served on the advisory board of the Free Expression Network. Jenkins has a M.A. in Communication Studies from the University of Iowa and a Ph.D. in Communication Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Critical Information Studies For a Participatory Culture (Part Two)

Submitted by Henry Jenkins on April 10, 2009 - 8:05am.

One of the most productive things to come out of the University of Virginia conference was some rapproachment between political economy (which dominates the current media reform movement) and cultural studies (which has been much more closely associated with the participatory culture paradigm).

Critical Information Studies For a Participatory Culture (Part Two)

Submitted by Henry Jenkins on April 10, 2009 - 8:05am.

Where Citizens Gather: An Interview with The Future of Public Media Project's Jessica Clark (Part Two)

Submitted by Henry Jenkins on March 31, 2009 - 9:03am.

Today, we continue our discussion with Jessica Clark, co-author of Public Media 2.0, an important white paper recently issued by American University's Center for Social Media.

Where Citizens Gather: An Interview with The Future of Public Media Project's Jessica Clark (Part One)

Submitted by Henry Jenkins on March 31, 2009 - 8:58am.

Amidst all of the dire talk these days about the fate of the American newspaper, the Center for Social Media at American University has issued an important white paper exploring the future of public media more generally.

Where Citizens Gather: An Interview with The Future of Public Media Project's Jessica Clark (Part Two)

Submitted by Henry Jenkins on March 27, 2009 - 10:52pm.

Today, we continue our discussion with Jessica Clark, co-author of Public Media 2.0, an important white paper recently issued by American University's Center for Social Media.

Where Citizens Gather: An Interview with The Future of Public Media Project's Jessica Clark (Part Two)

Submitted by Henry Jenkins on March 27, 2009 - 10:52pm.

Today, we continue our discussion with Jessica Clark, co-author of Public Media 2.0, an important white paper recently issued by American University's Center for Social Media.

Where Citizens Gather: An Interview with The Future of Public Media Project's Jessica Clark (Part One)

Submitted by Henry Jenkins on March 25, 2009 - 8:40am.

Where Citizens Gather: An Interview with The Future of Public Media Project's Jessica Clark (Part One)

Submitted by Henry Jenkins on March 25, 2009 - 8:40am.

Can African-Americans Find Their Voice in Cyberspace?: A Conversation With Dayna Cunningham (Part Four of Four)

Submitted by Henry Jenkins on March 9, 2009 - 1:26pm.

Henry Jenkins: I do think that the concept of networked publics has a great deal to offer us in terms of identifying a way of addressing some of the concerns you raise here, but I also think you need to go into that realm with your eyes wide open.

Can African-Americans Find Their Voice in Cyberspace?: A Conversation With Dayna Cunningham (Part Four of Four)

Submitted by Henry Jenkins on March 9, 2009 - 9:45am.