false 104754 3 "Jenkins is one of us: a geek, a fan, a popcult packrat. He's also an incisive and unflinching critic. His affection for the subject and sharp eye for 'what it all means' are an unbeatable combination. This is fascinating, engrossing and enlightening reading." &#151;Cory Doctorow, author of <I>Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town</I> and co-editor of <I>Boing Boing</I> Henry Jenkins's pioneering work in the early 1990s promoted the idea that fans are among the most active, creative, critically engaged, and socially connected consumers of popular culture and that they represent the vanguard of a new relationship with mass media. Though marginal and largely invisible to the general public at the time, today, media producers and advertisers, not to mention researchers and fans, take for granted the idea that the success of a media franchise depends on fan investments and participation. Bringing together the highlights of a decade and a half of groundbreaking research into the cultural life of media consumers, <B>Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers</B> takes readers from Jenkins's progressive early work defending fan culture against those who would marginalize or stigmatize it, through to his more recent work, combating moral panic and defending Goths and gamers in the wake of the Columbine shootings. Starting with an interview on the current state of fan studies, this volume maps the core theoretical and methodological issues in Fan Studies. It goes on to chart the growth of participatory culture on the web, take up blogging as perhaps the most powerful illustration of how consumer participation impacts mainstream media, and debate the public policy implications surrounding participation and intellectual property. 101003 15 8 2006 Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers: Media Consumers in a Digital Age total:34|5:2|4:15|3:13|2:3|1:1| 34 116 75 5 3 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jun 14 23:15:25 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 14 23:22:07 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 19 13:19:06 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 20 11:12:34 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 07 17:32:23 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 12 07:19:04 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 05 07:05:13 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 04 14:55:26 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Wed Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 21:00:50 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 13:30:18 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Oct 18 01:03:24 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 01:03:28 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Oct 14 11:40:53 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 11:40:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 07 18:23:27 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 18:23:27 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Oct 04 21:35:31 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 21:35:31 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Sep 26 14:56:42 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 14:56:42 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 24 12:49:04 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 12:49:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 21 12:01:30 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 12:01:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 03 15:58:35 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 15:58:35 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Aug 11 11:15:46 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 14:58:59 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 11:15:46 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 06 12:47:54 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 14:54:21 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jun 07 15:54:31 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 15:54:31 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun May 24 17:23:03 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 17:23:03 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun May 03 20:54:05 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 20:54:05 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Apr 07 22:58:36 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 22:58:36 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 02 12:30:23 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 12:30:23 -0700 2009