Chapter 6 (The Convergence Culture of Campaigning)

Henry Jenkins is very hopeful that the convergence culture will make politics more accessible to all of us, thereby “democratizing” it so that it is part of our everyday lives. The new trend indicates that our politicians haven’t turned their noses up to the notion either. Jenkins rightfully points out Howard Dean’s success at mobilizing [...]

Chapter 5 (Heather and the Haters)

I was enjoying reading in Chapter 5 of Convergence Culture about the wonderful events surrounding Heather and her invention of a “Hogwarts” school newspaper that had a global staff of young contributers. But I found myself increasingly agitated at Jenkins for wasting 10+ pages to recount for us the resistance of roughly 1.75% of North [...]