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Convergence Culture
Where Old and New Media Collide
Updated and with a New Afterword
By Henry Jenkins, MIT
2007 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
"Remarkable . . . Jenkins? insights are gripping
and his prose is surprisingly entertaining and
lucid for a book that is, at its core,
intellectually rigorous . . . Jenkins?
impressive ability to break down complex
concepts into readable prose makes this study
vital and engaging."- Publishers Weekly
"Jenkins is an astute observer of media culture
and his insights are spot-on."-The Los Angeles Times
"Jenkins tries to bring clarity to cultural
changes that are melting and morphing into new
shapes on an hourly, daily, weekly, monthly
basis. Convergence Culture provides a view that
looks at the restless ocean and tracks the
currents rather than just looking at the
individual rocks on the beach."- The McClatchy Newspapers
"One of those rare works that is closer to an
operating system than a traditional book: it?s a
platform that people will be building on for
years to come. What?s more, the book happens to
be a briskly entertaining read as startling,
inventive, and witty as the culture it
documents. It should be mandatory reading for
anyone trying to make sense of today?s popular
culturebut thankfully, a book this fun to read
doesn?t need a mandate."- Steven Johnson, author
of the national bestseller, Everything Bad Is Good For You
"The standard convergence narrative of recent
years presents media concentration as a threat
both to the diversity of communication channels
and to individuals? opportunities to engage in
public discourse. A respected and
well-established media scholar, Jenkins here
counters such pessimistic perspectives on the
brave new media world with theoretical and
evidentiary attestations to the growing power of
individuals and grassroots groups to affect the
larger media landscape."- Choice
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Reality TV
Remaking Television Culture
Second Edition
Edited by Susan Murray, New York University, &
Laurie Ouellette, University of Minnesota
Praise for the First Edition:
?Offers the most insightful and significant
scholarly analysis to date of the changes taking
place in the economic globalization? of
television production. A delight to read, laced with wit and humor.?- Choice
Praise for the Second Edition:
?Provides both the record of a strange moment in
history and a contribution to contemporary
cultural politics. This second, revised edition
brings the story right up to the present with a
compelling blend of the ancient and the
modern.?- Toby Miller, editor of Television & New Media
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Dec 2008 400pp £16.99 PB: 9780814757345
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Global TV
Exporting Television and Culture in the World Market
By Denise D. Bielby, University of California,
Sanata Barbara, & C. Lee Harrington, Miami University in Oxford, Ohio
?Global TV offers a richly textured account of
the professional practices and protocols that
govern the television marketplace. . . . A must
read for those wishing to understand the complex
cultural dynamics of globalization.?- Michael
Curtin, author of Playing to the World?s Biggest
Audience: The Globalization of Chinese Film and TV
?Global TV is a major contribution to the
important but neglected topic of globalization
in cultural industries. Bielby and Harrington
demonstrate the major role of distribution in
shaping the characteristics and meanings of
cultural exports. Through extensive field work
they have obtained a rich body of insights into
the perspectives of both television buyers and
sellers in an industry that is changing rapidly
over time and that varies greatly from one
country to another.?- Diana Crane, author of The
Production of Culture: Media and the Urban Arts
?Bielby and Harrington bring their sociological
perspective and methodology to the study of
internationalized television cultures, providing
a fine grained net of evidence which test
theories of globalization and cultural
imperialism. This book should recast the
landscape of global television studies.?-
Christina Slade, author of The Real Thing: Doing Philosophy with Media
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
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