Monday, April 2, 2007

Media Convergence

Henry Jenkin's Convergence Culture

One of Jenkin's primary concern about media convergence is the opportunity it presents to media conglomerates to control media content.

Here are two sites that haven't been swallowed up by the big guys. Yet.

Fanfiction.net

LiveJournal


Regulating media content

Redefining intellectual property rights

Renegotiating relations between producers and consumers


Links of interest:

Music sharing community: YSI Leftovers

LiveJournal accounts setup: Click Here

Cassandra Clare
fanfiction -- Draco Trilogy: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
LJ -- The Gray book

Get a taste of REALLY bad fanfiction: Click Here