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"Educators today confront an ever-shifting landscape when it comes to Internet technologies and their potential for expanding participatory cultures. Henry Jenkins, director of the Comparative Media Studies department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, explores new frameworks for literacy through the lens of participatory culture."

Participatory media enable broad participation in the production of culture, power, community, and wealth.

This slide show covers the basics in a pretty pleasing way and outlines the important concepts that we ready about in Confronting the Challenges of a Participatory Culture.

Show the influence of digital media in a participatory culture

jenkins book on Participatory Culture