Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide by Henry Jenkins
My review
rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was a great book. I have to confess, it is one thing to call myself a dork because I write Actionscript and know what a “Rick Roll” is… but it is another thing to let this MIT professor, who is probably a bigger dork than I will ever be, take me through the hidden backstreets and boulevards of new media culture. Through this book, I learned so many things that I wouldn’t have fully realized just from being a bemused observer and participant, from the ambiguously empowering effect of Harry Potter on children to the great lengths Survivor spoilers would go to prove themselves masters of their craft.

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