Confessions of an Aca-Fan: The Official Weblog of Henry Jenkins

henryjenkins.org/

A highly recommended site!  Henry Jenkins is the Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program and the Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities. He is the author and/or editor of several influential books on media and popular culture, including Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide.  Jenkins tells us that much of his "work has been written from the perspective of an Aca/Fan -- that is, a hybrid creature which is part fan and part academic (hence the current, provisional title of this blog). The goal of my work has been to bridge the gap between these two worlds".  In Convergence Culture, Jenkins claims that "fans and fan-like activities are absolutely central to the way the culture industries operate. At all levels, the assumption is that consumers will become active participants but there is widespread dispute about the terms of our participation."