The MIT Press eBooks· 2017· Book chapter
Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide
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Short summary
Technology is reshaping traditional humanities by introducing a 'convergence culture' where old and new media interact, leading to new social skills, ethics, and economic models.
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Key points
- Technology is altering the traditional view of humanities.
- Convergence culture describes the interaction between old and new media.
- Conglomerates are losing control over media flows.
- Participatory culture operates under a new logic framework.
- New social skills, ethics, and economic models emerge from media shifts.
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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>
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