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January 21, 2007
A new book that looks quite interesting....
Fans, Gamers, and Bloggers: Exploring Participatory Culture
by Henry Jenkins
New York University Press (August 2006)
Curiously enough, while the subtitle of the actually published book is "Exploring Participatory Culture", in advance previews the book seemed to have had the subtitle "Media Consumers in a Digital Age".
I've just browsed the book in the library today, though not actually read it.
I wonder what caused the author/publisher to change the emphasis in the subtitle from "consumer" to "participant". Of course, we at the Prospero project are in favor of empowering people with the tools they need so that they can become participants in media instead of consumers of it, and so we like this change.
Posted by bhattach at January 21, 2007 01:22 AM