Henry Jenkins is the “Provost Professor of Communication, Journalism, Cinematic Arts and Education ad the University of Southern California” (Jenkins, n.d.).
He is the author of several books, among which are Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture. (Jenkins, 1992), Science Fiction Audiences: Watching Star Trek and Doctor Who (Tulloch & Jenkins, 2005), Convergence Culture (Jenkins, 2006a), and Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture (Jenkins, 2006b).
Jenkins’ work on fandom and “media convergence” was taught extensively by Professor Lincoln Geraghty during my undergraduate and postgraduate study, and the bulk of the content in this series comes from two of my essays written during this time.
The first forms a response to Jenkins’ definition of “fan culture” in Convergence Culture and the second applies Jenkins’ concept of “media convergence” and “transmedia storytelling” to Doctor Who (Moffat et al., 2005-2022).
The essays, when read back-to-back, are of considerable length. As such, they have been broken into chunks of roughly 500-750 words to be published here on jcablemedia.com throughout April 2025.
You can see all published posts in this series here.
- [Convergence Culture (Jenkins, 2006a) cover]. (n.d.). Retrieved 25 January 2025, from http://henryjenkins.org/aboutmehtml
- Jenkins, H. (n.d.). WHO THE &%&# IS HENRY JENKINS?. Henry Jenkins. http://henryjenkins.org/aboutmehtml
- Jenkins, H. (1992). Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture. Routledge.
- Jenkins, H. (2006a). Convergence Culture. New York University Press.
- Jenkins, H. (2006b). Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture. New York University Press.
- Moffat, S., Davies, R. T., Gardner, J., Collinson, P., Minchin, B., Strevens, M., Chibnall, C., Irving, B., Wenger, P., Willis, B., Skinner, C., Young, M., & Penhale, F. (Executive Producers). (2005-2022). Doctor Who [TV series]. BBC Studios; BBC Wales; Bad Wolf.
- [Textual Poachers (Jenkins, 1992/2012) cover]. (n.d.). Retrieved 28 January 2025, from http://henryjenkins.org/aboutmehtml
- Tulloch, J. & Jenkins, H. (2005). Science Fiction Audiences: Watching Star Trek and Doctor Who. Routledge.
APA7
Cable, J. (2025, Apr 03). Henry Jenkins – Convergence Culture and Transmedia Storytelling. JCableMedia.com. https://www.jcablemedia.com/2025/04/03/henry-jenkins-convergence-culture-and-transmedia-storytelling/.
Chicago
Cable, John. “Henry Jenkins – Convergence Culture and Transmedia Storytelling.” JCableMedia.com. April 03, 2025. https://www.jcablemedia.com/2025/04/03/henry-jenkins-convergence-culture-and-transmedia-storytelling/.
Harvard
Cable, J. (2025). Henry Jenkins – Convergence Culture and Transmedia Storytelling. Available at: https://www.jcablemedia.com/2025/04/03/henry-jenkins-convergence-culture-and-transmedia-storytelling/ (Accessed: 17 April 2025).