Figure/Ground’s latest interview is with Henry Jenkins. Dr. Jenkins is an American media scholar and currently a Provost Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts, a joint professorship at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Previously, he was the Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities and Co-Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies program with William Uricchio. He is also author of several books, including *Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide*, *Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture * and *What Made Pistachio Nuts?: Early Sound Comedy and the Vaudeville Aesthetic*. Jenkins did his undergraduate work at Georgia State University, where he majored in Political Science and Journalism. He earned his MA in Communication Studies from the University of Iowa and his PhD in Communication Arts from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Jenkins’ research explores the boundary between text and reader, the growth of fan cultures and *world-making.*
Dr. Jenkins was interviewed by Figure/Ground contributor Justin Dowdall:
http://figureground.ca/interviews/henry-jenkins/
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